And the budget crafted only
a limited system of public campaign financing that will apply solely to the this year's comptroller's race.
Not exact matches
Cuomo highlighted the issue in his
campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a
system of public campaign financing to set
limits on
campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant
campaign funds.»
Cuomo, too, has talked about the importance
of limiting big donors» access to government by
limiting political contributions and creating a
public campaign finance system — although he has yet to formally propose any legislation to accomplish that.
It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president
of the New School in New York City, had signed on to the effort to tighten
campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary
public matching
system similar to New York City and lower contribution
limits.
• 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.
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.
The governor had proposed in his budget sweeping changes in the state's
campaign finance system: lower contribution
limits, more expensive disclosures, enhanced enforcement, and a voluntary
system of public financing.
Adopt
system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower
limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State
Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations
of PIT liability; and
limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.
But Cuomo and lawmakers, in a series
of closed door meetings, decided to permit a more
limited public campaign finance system, instead, that applies only to the State Comptroller's race.
Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State
of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets
campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through
limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report
campaign contributions every 60 days instead
of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15 percent
of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and adopting a
system of voluntary
public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.
«Like you, we agree that in order to truly give Albany a «clean bill
of health,» a
system of public campaign finance along with other
campaign finance reforms including lower contribution
limits, closing loopholes and strong but fair enforcement, must be enacted.»
Most
of the commission's recommendations have long been on the wish lists
of good - government groups: lower
limits on
campaign donations, further disclosure
of outside income and business clients, a $ 5,000
limit on LLCs, to reduce their power to amplify individuals» donating power, a $ 25,000
limit on donations to soft - money «housekeeping» accounts and, perhaps most controversially, the
public campaign finance system.
The goo - goos are again calling for widespread reforms, including creation
of a voluntary
system of public campaign financing, lowering
of the contribution
limits and full disclosure
of independent expenditures.
The survey asked registered voters in the state whether they favor creating a «
system of public campaign financing» that
limits «the size
of political contributions to candidates,» and uses «state money to match smaller contributions to candidates.»
«We must replace the
public embarrassment
of existing
campaign financing laws, which allow enormous contributions and unlimited expenditures, with a
system of reasonable
limits that levels the playing field and ensures that meritorious candidates are not discouraged by the costs
of running for
public office.»
With one
of the most highly regarded
public campaign financing systems and term
limits, City Council elections have been opened up for candidates
of modest means to run, and sometimes win.
A statewide
public financing system to elevate average New Yorkers» voices in our elections, buttressed by other comprehensive reforms — like lower
limits on how much one person can contribute to a political candidate (now at an outrageous $ 60,800 for statewide candidates per election cycle) and strong independent enforcement
of campaign finance laws — will reduce the power
of big money special interests.
The bipartisan legislation would create a
public financing system for congressional
campaigns, with the goal
of limiting the influence
of special interests and encouraging a «more diverse pool
of candidates» to run for federal office.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In a trial run
of a
public financing system meant to encourage ordinary citizens to make small donations, the Buffalo millionaire Carl Paladino's development companies gave up to the $ 175
limit to Bob Antonacci's Republican state comptroller
campaign - 46 times.