Sentences with phrase «for public financing system»

Tom DiNapoli has long been an advocate for a public financing system for campaigns.

It is possible non-taxpayer funds could be used for a public financing system as a compromise for Senate Republicans, who have been opposed to a system.

Under the proposal, Senate and Assembly candidates would be eligible for the public financing system by 2016, with all statewide offices eligible by 2020.

As Senate lawmakers continue to haggle on Thursday on a one - house budget resolution, the good - government group Common Cause is urging the Independent Democratic Conference to continue to push in the negotiations for a public financing system.

The appeal comes as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, and Senate Democrats push for public financing system, similar to what's in place for New York City.

Skelos, a Republican from Nassau County, said he would prefer to see the money for a public financing system to go to education.

Not exact matches

So the discussion in Addis Ababa revolved around things like how to finance infrastructure, how the public sector and the private sector can partner for best results, and how to change the tax systems that apply to multinational corporations so that they are more beneficial to developing countries.

We have never advocated for a system that includes public financing.

As for the end result of all of that enthusiasm, we already know the story: online fundraising allowed Barack Obama to opt out of the public campaign financing system and outspend John McCain by hundreds of millions of dollars in the general election.

They also pointed to yesterday's Siena poll, which found voters» support for a public campaign finance system now stands at 59 - 36.

The event has drawn the ire of campaign finance reform advocates, who have dubbed Grisanti an «enemy of reform» (props to the late Ed Koch are necessary here) for refusing to break with his fellow Republicans in their collective «no» vote on the hostile amendment offered by the Democrats that would have created a public campaign finance system.

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.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014 backed a public financing system for the comptroller's race that year, intended as a pilot program of sorts.

Word spread Friday evening of a potential deal that could have also included ethics - related measures such as more oversight of procurement procedures — a discussion sparked by the latest public corruption scandal that reached into the governor's inner circle — and a public financing system for judicial campaigns.

The email from Forward NY — a collection of labor groups and advocacy organizations opposed to Spitzer's candidacy — criticizes Spitzer for not participating in the public financing system in New York City and «jetting around» to various talk shows on cable and network TV.

With all the talk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo potentially pushing to reunify the IDC and so - called «regular» Democrats as payback for the Republicans» refusal to support a statewide public campaign finance system, I thought it would be worth checking it with the lone Democrat who is actually conferencing with the GOP: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.

At the time, the program was described as a «pilot» public financing system, but it was only developed to for the one comptroller's race with no automatic re-approval.

He also backs a public financing system for campaigns, but wrote in his accompanying policy book for the State of the State that the money would come from a non-taxpayer source.

The comptroller has been pushing for some time to have his office used as a pilot for a statewide public campaign finance system, but while his former colleagues in the Assembly passed a bill to do just that this past session, the Senate did not follow suit.

Adams, a possible candidate for Brooklyn borough president, said he was surprised by the differences in the city campaign finance system — which includes a public financing component — and the state's system, which is widely derided by good - government groups for its loopholes and sky - high contribution limits.

But the governor, in making a refocused pitch for overhauling campaign finance laws with a system of public financing with matching dollars, told reporters earlier today in New York City he finds the process of raising money as it is now deeply unpleasant.

In a memorandum being circulated this morning, good - government advocates call Speaker Sheldon Silver's measure to create a public financing system for political campaigns «a good first step forward» but then pick apart some of the wider loopholes in the legislation.

Fair Elections for New York, one of the groups pushing for establishment of a public campaign finance system, is hosting a free screening tonight of «Pricele $ $,» a documentary that looks at the pervasive nature of political cash and its power in shaping policy at the national level.

The Brennan Center for Justice released a study this morning pointing to the racial and economic diversity of political donors in a public financing system.

Connecticut has a public campaign finance system that requires a certain percentage of locally - raised money in order to qualify for matching funds.

DiNapoli, a public financing supporter who had initially recommended a pilot program for the comptroller's race, had blasted the system approved by Cuomo and the Legislature for being developed in the middle of the election cycle.

It's argument Cuomo has made before, often in the context of creating a statewide public financing system for elections.

Under Cuomo's proposal, donations to statewide candidates would be capped at $ 25,000 for those not receiving public money and $ 12,000 for those participating in the new publicly financed system.

However as Norden points out, those 18 lawmakers ran for state office under the state's campaign finance system, not for city office under the city's public financing system.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

Former State Congressman Mike Arcuri expressed his strong support this week for a state system of public campaign financing.

Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for political ads and in which both major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and -LSB-...]

It's just adds some public financing as a cover for the same old system of legalized bribery.

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.

The only answer is comprehensive campaign finance reform, starting with a statewide public financing system to elevate the voices of average voters, who are too often forgotten amidst the search for big money.

Campaign Finance Reform Can Help Crack Down on Corruption A 2011 report by the Center for Competitive Politics has been seized upon by opponents of Fair Elections to argue that the public financing system in New York City is characterized by consistent abuse of public funds and corruption.

The long - running battle between the Working Families Party and the NY Post continues this morning with an e-mail from the labor - backed party's executive director that uses the tabloid's latest anti-WFP editorial as a rallying cry for a statewide public campaign financing system.

Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer dollars slated for a public campaign finance system would be better spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing tax relief for struggling middle - class families.

When asked specifically whether they support creating a system of public financing in New York that would limit the size of political contributions to candidates and match smaller contributions made to candidates for state offices, 61 percent answered in the affirmative.

The progressive validators were for a purpose: Cuomo is lobbying for the W.F.P.'s endorsement later this month, and pointedly promised during his speech to push for a public campaign finance system — the party's biggest priority at the moment — before the Legislature adjourns in June.

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.

Progressive leaders and Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday said they wanted a measure overhauling campaign finance that included a public system of funding for campaigns, saying they wouldn't accept any «watered down» compromises.

Saying he won't be a «convenient sacrificial lamb,» state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says he won't opt in to a test system for public campaign finance that applies only to his office, and would use money from the comptroller's unclaimed funds to pay for it.

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.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

The governor's proposals — including a system of public campaign finance for all statewide offices as well as the Assembly and Senate — did not advance in the final days of the legislative session.

The mayor has consistently called for campaign finance reform, calling the city's public matching system a gold standard that the state should follow.

«An unusual and well - heeled coalition, trying to tap public anger over the flood of money into politics, is pushing to enact a public financing system for elections in New York State,» reported the New York Times in a front - page article on the New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD) coalition.

A raft of compromises had been floated in recent days at the Capitol for public financing, including allowing the state attorney general's race to be included, as well as a phased - in approach for the system.