Sentences with phrase «for the public financing of»

The conference's lack of support for public financing of elections, meanwhile, has been cited by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as among the reasons why he's pushing for a Democratic takeover of the chamber.

Siena Poll: 57 Percent of New Yorkers Favor Public Financing A new research poll by Siena shows that New York residents across the state express strong support for the public financing of elections.

The governor is already running smack into a wall of opposition in the Senate, where Republicans (and at least one Democrat) don't want to hold a vote on a measure to strengthen abortion laws or allow for the public financing of political campaigns.

Host Alan Chartock is joined by Jonathan Soros, co-Founder of Friends of Democracy, a super PAC pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State.

She called for public financing of elections and noted Clarke supported Brooklyn Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, Brooklyn Assemblywoman Diana Richardson and Ampry - Samuel — younger black women with diverse staff.

NYPIRG formally protested the decision to block advocates for public financing of political campaigns from room in a letter to the Committee on Open Government.

The groups pushing today for the closure of the loophole have also been full - throated in their support for the public financing of political campaigns.

Senator Gustavo Rivera (D - Bronx) introduced an amendment for public financing of elections to a bill authorizing lever machines for run - off elections.

Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol to rally for public financing of political campaigns.

Jonathan Soros, an advocate for the public financing of campaigns, has hosted a fundraiser for Teachout.

The budget would create a public matching system for the public financing of the state's comptroller race as a pilot program in the public protection, general government portion of the budget.

There are other differences as well, including Cuomo's support for the public financing of political campaigns, which the Assembly supports and the Senate does not.

The Public Campaign Action Fund pushed hard during the legislative session and the budget negotiating process for the public financing of political campaigns.

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

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.

There's a continuing push for public financing of campaigns, arguing it removes the influence of big money and allows challengers who would have trouble raising money to run.

Citizen Action and other groups are pushing for public financing of campaigns as part of the reforms.

Governor Cuomo also, for the first time, is requesting a budget line for public financing of campaigns, though he has not yet filled in the details of a dollar amount or funding source.

Advocates for public financing of campaigns and advocates of abortion rights are entering the final push for passage of the measures, and are using a variety of tactics to spur action in the state Senate.

Several unions that are pushing for public financing of campaigns call the contributions «legal bribery.»

He was the first and only candidate in the state to participate in a pilot program for the public financing of elections, which Mr. DiNapoli supports.

And legislation on the table for PUBLIC FINANCING of campaigns.

Both Foley and Malloy have qualified for public financing of $ 6.5 million for their general - election campaigns.

This argument was repeated by a lot of the supporters of the pay raise, and it is basically the same argument that is used for public financing of campaigns: to increase the field of candidates and bring more political outsiders into the mix.

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.

A version of this article appears in print on May 23, 2013, on Page A25 of the New York edition with the headline: Donors Urge Cuomo to Press for Public Financing of State Campaigns.

In return for disbanding the commission, lawmakers tweaked the bribery statute, created a new class of public corruption offenses, brought an independent enforcer to the state's Board of Elections and established a pilot program, roundly criticized, for public financing of elections.

Assembly members did not require state public officials convicted of public corruption to forfeit their pensions and it also ignored Cuomo's pitch for public financing of campaigns.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos would rather spend money earmarked for the public financing of state political campaigns go to education, reiterating his opposition to a measure introduced by Speaker Sheldon Silver in the Assembly on Tuesday.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

The money for the public financing of the campaign would come from the Comptroller's own unclaimed funds account.

Lembo referred to a report by the Center for Public Integrity, which said Kennedy's 2014 campaign illustrates «the deterioration of [Connecticut's] system for public financing of political campaigns.»

Apparently in response to her withdrawal, Cruz Bustamante endorsed her plan for public financing of election campaigns, an intended anti-corruption measure.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.

The money for public financing of the campaign would come from the comptroller's own unclaimed funds account.

In 2014, Klein announced that the IDC would rejoin with mainline Democrats in January 2015, citing the Republican - controlled Senate's inability to pass on the DREAM Act, increase the state's minimum wage, or allow for the public financing of elections.

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

It has struggled to meet the threshold for public financing of its campaigns.

Ms. Teachout promised to be a relentless advocate for the public financing of elections, the banning of hydraulic fracking and a reduction of income inequality.

For three years, Gov. Cuomo has voiced his support for public financing of elections.

Hundreds gathered at the State Capitol Wednesday to rally for public financing of political campaigns.

More broadly, and more crucially, he should push hard for the public financing of all state candidates, to provide a way for newcomers to compete with hardened incumbents and finally give voters real choices.

DiNapoli, an advocate for public financing of campaigns, has said he won't opt in to the pilot program.

During this time a number of legislators were indicted on corruption charges and advocates began a major push for public financing of campaigns.

A bill calling for public financing of general assembly campaigns was introduced in February.

The mayor is also expected to propose a more generous model for public financing of elections, Mr. Phillips said.

Lawmakers including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator David Carlucci are pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State.

Although he's courted progressive adoration through a series of big - ticket achievements like the passage of New York's 2011 marriage equality law, he's also cut taxes for the wealthy and abandoned the liberal push for public financing of elections.

He says that reasoning leads to his support for public financing of political campaigns.

Among her plans of what she'd like to accomplish once elected: Promote / support bills in Congress that adopt clean sources of energy by helping to end the intricate system of public subsidies that keep dirty sources of energy artificially cheap, and promote renewable sources: solar, wind, and hydro; Protect waterways / drinking supply by reducing the risk of contamination and ensure that when contamination is found, the responsible parties are held accountable; Fight for public financing of elections; Work every day to overturn Citizens United.