Sentences with phrase «more public financing of campaigns»

How about some folks» desire to have even more public financing of campaigns?

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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.

Good - government group Citizens Union released a report this morning that found more competitive elections take place on the New York City council level than at the state level, which they attribute to in part a public - financing of campaigns.

Cuomo has also talked of making schools and school administrators more accountable, and he has yet to fulfill a key component of his reform agenda, the public financing of campaigns.

Then there was the most recent stick in the eye: forcing on Dinapoli a pilot public financing program — only for his race — that would make the comptroller give back more than two - thirds of his campaign money or suffer a P.R. hit.

The report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

Koppell had been pushing for a more progressive agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion plank.

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.

A coalition of women's groups and elected officials pushed for public campaign financing saying it will mean more women are elected to public office.

Klein and Cuomo had sought public finance and other reforms, as part of a budget deal, but in the end settled for a more limited ethics package that would strengthen the regulation of campaign violations and enact stiffer anti bribery laws.

A new study from the Campaign Finance Institute by Professor Michael Malbin concludes that the cost of running a public financing system in New York State would be roughly $ 40 million, which works out to $ 2 per New Yorker — not a bad trade considering the millions more the state government wastes in handouts to special interests.

The Siena Research Institute report summed it up well: «While Republicans are closely divided on public campaign financing, it is supported by a majority of independents and two - thirds of Democrats, and more than three - quarters of voters from every party support quick disclosure of contributions greater than $ 500.»

The reality is that creation of a public campaign finance system — an issue of utmost importance this legislative session to the activist faction of the WFP — is not actually all that important to many labor unions, which care more about job creation, wages and benefits.

He thinks public financing of campaigns will lead to more corruption, not less.

The question there is whether the rank - and - file activists, who are unhappy with Cuomo for his fiscal conservatism and lack of movement on progressive issues — mainly creation of a public campaign finance system — will buck party and labor leaders who are more pragmatic and want to endorse the governor for re-election.

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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, 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.

State Sen. Daniel Squadron also said «fundamental reform of the system» is needed «including laws to create a better campaign finance system and more open and competitive elections, and to disentangle public service from for - profit business.»

«The mayor is expected to spend $ 80 million of his own money in the race, more than 10 times what candidates who have not opted out of the city's public campaign finance program, as Mr. Bloomberg has, can spend in a primary,» Weiner wrote in The Times piece.

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.

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.

Bolton's super PAC has paid Cambridge Analytica more than $ 1.1 million since 2014 for «research» and «survey research,» a Center for Public Integrity analysis of campaign finance filings shows.

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.

The New York Public Interest Research Group reports more than 100,000 actual violations of state campaign finance laws since 2011, including campaign committee failures to file accurate reports, or any reports at all.

Rice also played down the dissent over public campaign financing, saying: «We had more than a majority of people saying (that) was the way to go.»

And he wants more financial disclosure requirements for local elected officials, a campaign public financing program, and legislation to subject the Legislature to the state's freedom of information laws.

«The mayor is expected to spend $ 80 million of his own money in the race, more than 10 times what candidates who have not opted out of the city's public campaign finance program, as Mr. Bloomberg has, can spend in a primary,» Weiner wrote last year to explain his decision to drop out.

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Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, said with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she said is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

In response to the court decisions, the supplemental grants were removed from the state's campaign financing law; the basic grant of public money to gubernatorial candidates was doubled to make participants more competitive and a low, $ 100 limit was placed on lobbyist contributions, thus limiting their influence.

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DiNapoli says he hopes the governor and the legislature will reconsider, and enact more comprehensive public campaign finance reform before the end of the legislative session.

«Much more needs to be done to restore the public's faith and I am working closely with several of my colleagues to push for additional reforms, including tougher campaign finance laws and the establishment of an independent nonpartisan redistricting commission.»

Earlier, negotiations placed more emphasis on Cuomo delivering a system of public campaign finance, which was looking increasingly impossible with the State Senate's current configuration.

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, says with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she says is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

Cuomo outlined several changes he said should take place, including full disclosure of all outside income for legislators; stopping the personal use of campaign funds; updating campaign finance laws to require more disclosure; and removing state pensions from lawmakers convicted of public corruption.

Mr. Massey, who has lent himself more than $ 2.7 million so far and has already paid some of it back, is not participating in the city's public campaign finance program, which offers a six - to - one match for the first $ 175 from each donor.

Mr. Cuomo's call for public campaign financing, along with substantially lower contribution limits and much more aggressive enforcement of campaign finance laws, already faces the well - funded wrath of a political establishment that cares little that elections are bought as much as they are won.

Other surveys, such as this one by the Committee on Economic Development demonstrate support for reform is also strong in the business community; 72 percent are in favor of creating a public financing system that would match low - dollar contributions and give average citizens more incentives to contribute to campaigns.

Unfortunately, a series of Supreme Court decisions unleashing a flood of private money to campaigns in recent years has knocked the moral props from beneath public financing programs like Connecticut's, instilling even in reformers a ravenous appetite for more campaign cash to stay competitive.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

He favors full public financing of state campaigns, adding, «The legislators should be banned from taking outside income,» a harsh remedy for the legal corruption that dominates Albany politics, but one that has become increasingly plausible as more has been revealed about the influence - peddling legislative leaders are able to do, to their personal enrichment.

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.

So how on earth did we go from having one of the «best» campaign finance reform laws in the nation to a campaign in which Malloy gets $ 6.2 million in public funds, while accessing another $ 10 million or more in campaign donations including money from state contractors and others who personally benefit from the governor's policies.