ALBANY — Since a 1996 opinion from the state Board of Elections resulted in a system in which owners
of multiple limited liability companies can give effectively unlimited amounts of money to candidates for office, nobody has raised more money from LLCs than Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
That's meant that the so - called LLC loophole — an industry favorite that allows property owners and other private interest groups to pour unlimited amounts of cash into political campaigns
though multiple limited liability companies — has remained in place.
They included limits on the outside income lawmakers can earn and closure of the «LLC loophole,» Albany parlance for the ability of single donors to
use multiple limited liability companies to multiply the force of their political giving.
Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up
multiple Limited Liability Companies.
The Skelos complaint shows how
the multiple Limited Liability Companies, or LLCs, controlled by Glenwood can be used to coordinate and bundle hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions in order to buy favorable policy outcomes and tax breaks.
Cuomo also wanted to close a campaign finance loophole that allows donors to give unlimited amounts of money to candidates by setting up
multiple limited liability companies.
They include closing a loophole that allows donors to skirt campaign funding limits by forming
multiple Limited Liability Companies, as well as the public financing of campaigns.
It allows donors to form
multiple Limited Liability Companies to get around donation limits.
Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items, including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up
multiple limited liability companies.