Sentences with phrase «enact public financing of campaigns»

Government reform groups say New York's politicians need to enact public financing of campaigns, one day after a State Senator was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way onto the ballot for the New York City mayor's race.

One of the most controversial recommendations in Governor Cuomo's anti-corruption commission report released this week is to enact public financing of campaigns for statewide elections, a proposal that will meet strong opposition.

It could also enact public financing of campaigns.

The Republican Senate Leader also threw cold water on a proposal to enact public financing of campaigns, an issue that both Speaker Silver and Governor Cuomo support.

Meanwhile, government reform groups say New York's politicians need to enact public financing of campaigns, one day after a State Senator was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way onto the ballot for the New York City mayor's race.

He's also touted his desire to reform Albany as a reason to pair with Senate Republicans, and yet Senate Republicans have stood opposed to banning outside income for legislators, reforming campaign finance laws and enacting public financing of campaigns — things Klein has said he wants to do.

Governor Cuomo has listed enacting public financing of campaigns as a top priority for this session.

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Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, half of the McCain - Feingold sponsorship duo, calls in a DN OpEd for Cuomo to «lead the charge» against Citizens United by enacting a state - based public campaign finance system.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

She said the state could have tackled a range of issues, from fully funding public schools to fixing the beleaguered subway system and enacting campaign finance reform.

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Klein and Cuomo had sought public finance and other reforms, as part of a budget deal, but in the end settled for a more limited ethics package that would strengthen the regulation of campaign violations and enact stiffer anti bribery laws.

Governor Cuomo Introduces Campaign Finance Reform Legislation with a Public Financing Option Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced legislation that seeks to enact a system of small donor matching funds for state elections, along with a number of other provisions designed to reduce corruption and special interest influence.

There's three weeks to go in the legislative session, and advocates are pushing hard for two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda items — translating the federal abortion rights in the Roe v. Wade decision into New York state law, and enacting public financing of statewide political campaigns.

The answer to Albany corruption is crystal clear by now: limit outside income like the congressional model and enact comprehensive campaign finance reform, including public financing of elections and fully closing the LLC loophole.

Cuomo, who doesn't face re-election until 2014, has pledged to enact broad new campaign finance reform laws, including the public financing of campaigns and stronger disclosure rules that target independent expenditure groups.

Cuomo, to chants of «four more years», promised to deliver in his next term on a mostly progressive agenda, including enacting a number of items that were stalled in the State Senate over the past couple of years, like an abortion rights provision as part of a women's rights agenda and public financing of political campaigns.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

Liberals have attacked Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Legislature's failure to enact enhanced disclosure of legislators» outside income and a new public campaign financing system.

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.

«Like you, we agree that in order to truly give Albany a «clean bill of health,» a system of public campaign finance along with other campaign finance reforms including lower contribution limits, closing loopholes and strong but fair enforcement, must be enacted.»

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

When gaining the endorsement of the labor - backed Working Families Party, he pledged to enact the public financing of political campaigns statewide, the DREAM Act for undocumented immigrants, allow local governments to raise the state's minimum wage and accelerate the timetable for increasing the wage itself.

In addition, Schneiderman wants to limit the influence of large donors on campaigns by enacting public campaign financing and limiting contributions.

DiNapoli says he hopes the governor and the legislature will reconsider, and enact more comprehensive public campaign finance reform before the end of the legislative session.

Larry Cohen, a former president of the Communications Workers of America, veteran of Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign and chair of its successor group, Our Revolution, said he was engaged in a 2013 push to enact public campaign finance in New York and felt Cuomo didn't do enough to help.

Cuomo's spokeswoman attempted to walk back the governor's comments that seemed to be throwing cold water on the possibility of getting public campaign financing enacted in 2014, and the governor later clarified that he's still 100 percent for public campaign financing.

Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

After Silver's January arrest Cuomo gave a speech at NYU outlining grand ethics reform proposals like public financing of campaigns and enacting a full - time legislature.

Funiciello has called for full public financing of elections at all levels of government, and for enacting strict transparency laws that force campaign committees and PACs to disclose all of their donors.

But Heastie says enacting public campaign financing may be difficult because of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and other rulings permitting greater spending by independent groups.

«The governor continues to unequivocally support public campaign finance, has worked to enact it, and, though it was and remains the primary sticking point standing in the way of broader reform, will continue to push for passage this year,» DeRosa said in a statement.

It established a new enforcement office at the state Board of Elections, enacted some new anti-bribery provisions and authorized public campaign financing in the state comptroller's race.

Cuomo's spokeswoman attempted to walk back the governor's comments that seemed to be throwing cold water on the possibility of getting public campaign financing enacted in 2014, and the governor later clarified that he's still «100 %» for public campaign financing.