Sentences with phrase «focus on campaign finance reform»

Digi, a 43 - year - old Tompkinsville resident, said that he would focus on campaign finance reform in the state Legislature.

On Wednesday night, the SU chapter of Democracy Matters, a national student group that focuses on campaign finance reform, invited Williams to discuss his thoughts on the issue.

De Blasio's commission is expected to focus on campaign finance reforms, while the council is looking to examine «a wide swath of issues — including a more transparent budgeting process, more robust community engagement in land use, and a more independent Law Department,» according to Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

Not exact matches

Many proposals to «fix corruption» focus on creating a taxpayer - funded campaign finance system, similar to New York City's, and do not address changes necessary for true reform and parity amongst all parties impacted by elections.

«The Governor will continue to lead the fight to close the LLC loophole and is 100 percent focused on flipping the State Senate and forming a Democratic Senate majority so we can enact comprehensive campaign finance reform,» campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer said.

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.

Lauren WindsorLauren Windsor is the executive producer of The Undercurrent, a grassroots political news program on The Young Turks Network, and the creative director of American Family Voices, a progressive non-profit focusing on banking and campaign finance reform.

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits -LSB-...]

The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission held another hearing Monday focusing on reforming the state's campaign finance system.

Mayor de Blasio wants his Charter Reform Commission to focus on campaign finance, so maybe it's natural that he packed the board with... his own donors.

The governor must take the lead in advancing contracting reforms that focus on independent oversight, greater openness, and strict limits on the state's «pay to play» campaign financing system.

The Democratic mayor fully empaneled the commission last month to consider changes to the City Charter with a focus on campaign finance and election reforms.

Reform groups are focusing attention on Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti corruption commission's recommendations to beef up the anemic State Board of Elections but say they have not given up hope of public campaign financing for state wide races.

Governor Cuomo, at an end of the year cabinet meeting, said he still considers campaign finance reform and the other recommendations of the Moreland Act Commission a «top tier» priority, but says he will first focus on the state budget and a tax cutting plan.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission held another hearing Monday evening focusing on reforming the state's campaign finance system.

Reform groups are focusing attention on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission's recommendations to beef up the anemic State Board of Elections but say they have not given up hope of public campaign financing for state wide races.

«A lot of focus was placed by our commission on subjects having to do with campaign finance reform,» Feerick said of his Moreland Commission under the first Cuomo administration.

Funiciello, a bread company owner and political activist from Glens Falls, said his focus will remain on campaign finance reform and on the need for a «single payer» government - run health care system.

One question focused on possible reasons to vote for «Woodstock,» citing reasons like fighting to improve the economy by taking on big businesses and monopolies, pushing for campaign finance reform, increasing education funding, changing the tax code to require the wealthy and large corporations to pay more and raising the minimum wage.

But in recent years, he has struck out on his own, founding a small business investment fund called Hudson River Ventures that focuses on the region's burgeoning artisanal food and beverage industry, and also getting involved in the push for statewide campaign finance reform.

There was additionally a very thorough discussion of Campaign Finance Reform with Kristina Andreotta, of Citizen Action NY particularly focused on New York State legislation that may be influenced over the next month by positions Gov. Cuomo will announce in launching the budget and legislative priorities for 2014.

«To be clear, we all want comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing at the core and we feel public financing is the real game changer, but we're hearing a lot of myths around public financing in particular and trying to connect that to corruption in a bad way as opposed it to being a solution so we wanted to focus on that today,» he said.

Like a magician's trick, it takes our attention off of where it should really be focused: on the commission's crucial recommendations for campaign finance reform.»

The congressman said any campaign for governor he would mount would focus on combating Albany's corruption with term limits, campaign finance reform and independent redistricting.

Whether it was coincidence or karma, two events in the past week focused double attention on a problem that Connecticut Democrats can't seem to shake: The party that once claimed ownership of campaign - finance reform as its signature issue now is being called an enemy of reform.

He is a proponent of campaign finance reform, term limits, greater focus on education and a «balanced» effort to address climate change.

In an interview with public radio's «Capitol Pressroom,» Gibson (R - Kinderhook) said any campaign for governor he would mount would focus on combating Albany's corruption with term limits, campaign finance reform and independent redistricting.

In addition, he said he will begin focusing on the legislation he hopes to craft or support when he goes up to Albany, including term limits and campaign finance bills, as well as ethics reform and creating an independent redistricting commission that would be tasked with redrawing legislative districts.?

Timothy Wu, a Columbia University law professor, is running against Hochul and is teamed up with Teachout in a campaign focused on what they contend have been Cuomo's failures to follow through on pledges to deal with corruption and campaign finance reform, among other issues.

Campaign finance reform advocates say public funding helps level the playing field for candidates without money or connections, and encourages a focus on small - dollar donations from constituents rather than corporate contributions.

But at times he has run a discordantly national race in a district deeply protective of its local identity, focusing on issues like the minimum wage, campaign - finance reform and abortion rights.

The Coalition focused its policy papers on four areas: education funding campaign lessons, school finance reform, using measures beyond testing to evaluate schools, and reducing chronic absenteeism.

In spite of EPW's focus on Vitter's billionaire's club and political spending by environmental groups, Senator Vitter has refused to support campaign finance reform, or efforts aimed at reducing the wealthy's influence in politics, like the DISCLOSE Act.

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