Sentences with phrase «campaign public financing program»

And he wants more financial disclosure requirements for local elected officials, a campaign public financing program, and legislation to subject the Legislature to the state's freedom of information laws.

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Don's achievements at IPT include: sponsorship of the «Personal Finance Guide for Military Families;» the national Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation (EIFFE) Prevention Program, in partnership with North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA); the Investor Education in Your Community ® program; the national MoneyTrack public television series; The Campaign for Wise and Safe Investing ® in partnership with the AARP Foundation, and «The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020.Program, in partnership with North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA); the Investor Education in Your Community ® program; the national MoneyTrack public television series; The Campaign for Wise and Safe Investing ® in partnership with the AARP Foundation, and «The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020.program; the national MoneyTrack public television series; The Campaign for Wise and Safe Investing ® in partnership with the AARP Foundation, and «The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020.»

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

Cuomo today reiterated his support for overhauling campaign finance laws and a public matching program, though he would not say specifically if he would veto a reform bill without the matching program.

Then there was the most recent stick in the eye: forcing on Dinapoli a pilot public financing program — only for his race — that would make the comptroller give back more than two - thirds of his campaign money or suffer a P.R. hit.

The report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

He also weathered criticism from others on the left for not participating in the state's first public campaign financing program.

The only statewide candidate participating in the pilot public campaign finance program says it's been slow going.

The state's comptroller says he won't be participating in a new pilot public campaign finance program agreed to in the state budget, and government reform groups say they don't blame him.

He is also not participating in the state's public financing program, saying he is philisophically opposed to using taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.

The budget provision, which first surfaced late Friday, would enact a pilot public campaign finance program limited to the comptroller's office.

This week saw the publication of several editorials calling on Gov. Cuomo to maintain his commitment to creating a public campaign finance program in New York state, beginning with a Sunday New York Times editorial that cut to the heart of the matter: «There is no mystery -LSB-...]

Cuomo has also insisted the public financing of political campaigns being limited to the state comptroller's race is a breath through considering the opposition to a statewide program in the Senate.

The budget included only a pilot program for the public financing of political campaigns and just for the state comptroller's race.

On Tuesday, the endorsed Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut applied to use the state's public financing program to fund his gubernatorial campaign.

Among the issues he cited were bills to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

The ethics package that produced the pilot public campaign finance program for the state comptroller race also included the shuttering of Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission, which was in the midst of probing possible corruption cases.

The budget includes a multi step plan that could lower property taxes, $ 340 million dollars for schools to start pre-K programs, and a limited test program for public campaign financing.

The only statewide candidate who is participating in a pilot public campaign finance program says it's been slow going, but Republican candidate for Comptroller Bob Antonacci expects to collect enough individual donors to qualify for the state matching funds.

The incumbent State Comptroller, Democrat Tom DiNapoli, a long time proponent of public campaign financing is not participating, and government reform groups say he is right to stay away from what they consider to be a deeply flawed program.

Cuomo and legislative leaders struck a deal to disband the commission in exchange for changes to the state bribery statute, a new enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections and a pilot program for public campaign finance.

For public advocate candidates participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching program, two formal, televised debates are required for those who meet the criteria, which include both fundraising and spending thresholds.

The pilot public campaign financing program, limited to just the state Comptroller's race as part of a state budget deal.

An experimental public campaign finance system for the state Comptroller's race has fizzled, after the lone candidate who applied for the program failed to meet the minimum threshold to obtain the public monies.

But Silver says Supreme Court actions in recent years, including the ruling permitting the formation of the independent Super PACS, have eroded existing public campaign finance programs.

The governor had also wanted a voluntary public campaign financing system for statewide races, including the governor and all 263 seats in the legislature, but the deal limits the program to the state comptroller's race.

The growing role of independent expenditure groups, which live outside the rules that apply to candidates and their campaigns, is especially sensitive in Connecticut, a state that created a voluntary public financing program to restrict the influence of state contractors and other interests on elections after scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland.

His run for speaker began two years ago and the Manhattan Democrat even eschewed the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program, which would have limited his expenditures.

In 2014, the governor and legislative leaders — Silver and then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial for selling his office — agreed to dissolve the commission in exchange for a pilot program of public campaign finance, a new enforcement office at the state's Board of Elections and changes to the bribery statute.

The governor also called the commission a «phenomenal success» for drawing interest to unseemly behavior and prompting legal changes earlier this year, including tougher enforcement at the State Board of Elections and a pilot program for public campaign finance.

«The mayor is expected to spend $ 80 million of his own money in the race, more than 10 times what candidates who have not opted out of the city's public campaign finance program, as Mr. Bloomberg has, can spend in a primary,» Weiner wrote in The Times piece.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

«Throughout the history of the presidential public finance system, the program has operated admirably to the point of fairly equalizing campaign expenditures between the major party candidates, and providing primary candidates with the resources to be able to run campaigns,» said Holman «It made elections very competitive, quite open and fairly scandal - free.»

Schneiderman's proposal comes as state lawmakers prepare to debate once again a public financing of campaigns on the state level that could see the adoption of a matching program based off the New York City system (Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to institute public financing).

The New York State Comptroller says he won't be participating in a new pilot public campaign finance program agreed to in the state budget, and government reform groups say, they don't blame him.

The Comptroller's race has the option of a pilot program for public campaign financing, under a budget deal reached earlier this year.

Liberal advocates have suggested in recent weeks that Koppell's challenge could disintegrate if Klein and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are successful in getting the Senate Republicans to agree to a more robust public campaign finance program than the comptroller - only pilot included in the 2014 - 15 budget.

A variety of compromise measures for public financing were floated on Thursday at the Capitol, including proposals that would allow the program for the comptroller's and attorney general's campaigns.

Advocates for the public financing of political campaigns on Tuesday released letters sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top legislative leaders in the Assembly and senate urging them to include a public financing program in the state budget.

Malliotakis has said she opposes public financing of elections but she will be participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program, which matches small dollar contributions up to $ 175 at a 6 - to - 1 ratio with public funds.

Although incumbents tend to have a leg up in fundraising, the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program ensures that first - time candidates and those with little access to wealthy donors can run serious campaigns by matching small dollar donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio up to a certain amount.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

«We crossed the ideological Rubicon and the world did not stop spinning - now it's time to finish what we started and pass a full - fledged program of public financing for state campaigns.

Under the city's public campaign finance program, qualified candidates have individual local contributions matched 6 to 1.

«The mayor is expected to spend $ 80 million of his own money in the race, more than 10 times what candidates who have not opted out of the city's public campaign finance program, as Mr. Bloomberg has, can spend in a primary,» Weiner wrote last year to explain his decision to drop out.

Last Friday, the NYC Campaign Finance Board published the names of candidates who have registered to participate in the public campaign finance program in their runs for City Campaign Finance Board published the names of candidates who have registered to participate in the public campaign finance program in their runs for City CFinance Board published the names of candidates who have registered to participate in the public campaign finance program in their runs for City campaign finance program in their runs for City Cfinance program in their runs for City Council.

Candidates participating in the Citizens Election Program, the state's landmark campaign financing system, receive public grants to use toward their campaigns.

Skelos in a gaggle with reporters said a public financing system for state offices modeled after New York City's program could cost up to $ 200 million (advocates peg the cost much lower, at $ 30 million) and that corruption is still bred with campaign contributions.

To a tee, the Moreland Commission included all the major elements of the program bills Cuomo introduced over the course of the last legislative session, including the controversial push for public campaign finance.