Sentences with phrase «included public financing of political campaigns»

Cuomo's stated agenda during the campaigns included public financing of political campaigns (no specifics on that, as yet), limits on the outside income for legislators, raising the age of criminal responsibility and extending public tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

But liberal advocates have become increasingly frustrated over the bottling up of key bills in the Senate — including the public financing of political campaigns and the DREAM Act.

Cuomo on Saturday was endorsed by the labor - backed WFP and at the same time announced his support for a Democratic takeover of the Senate, as well as a package of liberal measures including the public financing of political campaigns.

The ads, which begin with Cuomo speaking directly into the camera, focus on the governor's pitch for his tax cut plan and an ethics package that includes public financing of political campaigns and a crack down on bribery.

Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process, including the public financing of political campaigns and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

A letter from the House Progressive Caucus on Thursday to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urges him include the public financing of political campaigns in the state budget.

The four - member Independent Democratic Conference backs a broad package of reform measures that includes the public financing of political campaigns.

Cuomo said that he wanted a special session to tackle sweeping ethics and campaign - finance reform changes, including the public financing of political campaigns as well as a cap on outside pay and banning employment of state lawmakers from firms that have business before the state.

Democratic Sen. Mike Gianaris of Queens stopped by Capital Tonight on Monday to tout his conference's ethics proposal that includes public financing of political campaigns, restrictions on using campaign dollars for criminal defense and stripping those convicted of public corruption of their pensions through a constitutional amendment.

Reform advocates who are anxiously awaiting the recommendations of Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission say they must include public financing of political campaigns.

Not exact matches

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

The advocates, including Citizen Action's Karen Scharff, want the state to adopt a public campaign financing system similar to the one in New York City where every one dollar donated by a private individual to a political campaign releases $ 6 of public money.

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.

A more truthful attack is one that paints Tkaczyk has having taken money from «NYC special interests» including Jonathan Soros» super PAC that supports the public financing of political 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.

Advocates are also closely to watching to make sure the public financing of political campaigns is included.

Cuomo has supported public financing of political campaigns in the past, but has up until this point not included such a system in the state budget proposal — a process that the governor's office has broad power over.

Cuomo pointed a host of liberal legislation that's yet to pass the chamber, including a 10 - point women's agenda, the public financing of political campaigns and the Dream.

His slide began shortly after his State of the State message, where he outlined a progressive agenda, including a women's equality act that included an abortion rights provision, public financing of political campaigns, and strict new gun control laws.

New Yorkers also gave a thumbs up to other items on the governor's agenda, including the raising the minimum wage, at 83 % to 15 %, and public financing of political campaigns at 59 % to 36 %.

In his budget proposal, the governor again included ethics and campaign fund - raising changes, including putting in place a system of public financing for state political campaigns modeled after the one used in New York City, where small donations are matched with public funds.