Sentences with phrase «limit corporate campaign contributions»

Some Democrats, including State Sen. Marc Panepinto of Buffalo and Jose Peralta of Queens, said they could not endorse the budget because it did not include proposals to increase the minimum wage or limit corporate campaign contributions.

Not exact matches

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are used by a wide variety of industries to circumvent the $ 5,000 annual corporate contribution limit in New York State campaign finance law, relying on the New York State Board of Elections» 1996 determination to treat LLCs as individuals, subject to a $ 150,000 annual contribution limit.

Her campaign website said Nixon won't accept any corporate contributions and will limit contributions from any individual or organization to $ 65,100 for the election cycle.

If there is anything recent events have taught us, it's that we need to limit the outsized influence of wealthy corporate donors, who have been able to influence lawmakers by making virtually unlimited campaign contributions to candidates — often without even disclosing their identities.

The party also supports campaign finance changes to limit perceived corporate political influence and declines corporate contributions.

The plan includes a total contribution limit of $ 2,600 for all candidates running for state office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officials.

Mr. Cuomo's office had no immediate response to the proposal, which also included a plan to close the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which allows corporate interests to spend almost unlimited amounts of money on campaigns by channeling contributions through limited liability companies, which can be designed to provide little transparency.

Her campaign website said Nixon would not accept any corporate contributions and would limit contributions from any individual or organization to $ 65,100 for the election cycle.

In Orange County, the legislature is considering legislation that would limit campaign contributions from vendors to $ 250 after determining that a handful of corporate types donated most of the money to retiring executive Ed Diana's last campaign.

«Instead of being held to a $ 5,000 corporate contribution limit, they're allowed to make a $ 160,000 individual campaign contribution limit,» said Lerner, of the good - government group Common Cause.

Bill Mahoney, research coordinator for the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that if New York's corporate contribution overall limit is lifted, «All corporations will now be treated as LLCs already are, creating a massive new loophole in the state's already porous campaign finance system.»

The Mangano campaign in February refunded $ 5,000 because it exceeded the limit of $ 5,000 per calendar year for corporate contributions.

In 1996, the New York State Board of Elections issued an opinion that said that, for the purposes of the campaign finance law, LLCs were not considered corporations and thus were not subject to the state's corporate contribution limits.

Other proposals in the budget were lower corporate contribution limits, down to $ 1,000 per year, new limits on donations to party «housekeeping accounts» at $ 25,000 per year, detailed prohibitions on using campaign contributions for the personal benefit of a candidate, and disclosure of major donors supporting organizations engaged in independent expenditures.

New campaign filings show Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo raised almost $ 900,000 from corporate spinoffs known as limited liability companies over the last six months, underscoring what critics call a gaping loophole in the laws meant to cap corporate political contributions.

To make matters even worse, since Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) are subject to individual rather than corporate contribution limits under New York campaign finance regulations, one person could set up several different subsidiaries to funnel millions more into state campaigns.

Represented a prominent executive of a widely known firm in the construction industry, obtaining an acquittal of federal campaign contribution charges arising from contributions made by employees to a federal congressional campaign, which the government contended were disguised corporate contributions and exceeded contribution limits.