Sentences with phrase «new limits on donations»

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.

Many GOP senators have not signed on to the changes the groups are seeking, including public financing of campaigns and strict new limits on donations, easier and quicker voter registration, and true independent oversight of politicians and their actions.

Not exact matches

While the new plan retains a full deduction for charitable donations, the current $ 1 million limit on acquisition debt for mortgage interest would be halved to $ 500,000.

With limited tax funds available for park improvements, the Park District increasingly has become dependent on private donations to raise the millions of dollars necessary for new park projects.

Cuomo has proposed legislation that could create more than 2,000 new local government entities to accept charitable donations from residents who want to try to get around limits on state and local taxes in the new federal tax law.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli spoke to the crowd, criticizing the current limits on donations for the Comptroller's race, which stand at $ 19,000 for the primary election and $ 41,100 for the general election.

The $ 500,000 given to the Committee to Save New York thus brings the total from the developer that went to support the governor during his first term to $ 1.97 million — about 32 times the campaign contribution limit imposed on donations from most individuals.

New York maintains caps on donations — $ 65,100 is the maximum Mr. Cuomo can receive from an individual — but the limits and rules are some of the loosest of any state with such restrictions.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that an independent conservative group supporting Republican Joe Lhota for New York City Mayor can accept unlimited donations because New York State's limit on donations to independent political committees is likely unconstitutional, as the New York Times reports.

Both Labour and the Tories have already accepted new rules on the way donations and loans are declared to the Electoral Commission, but all parties have also put forward proposals for limits on spending, donations and possible state funding.

While there are limits on direct donations, New York law has a loophole to allow for unlimited contributions to «housekeeping accounts,» which are supposed to be restricted to party - building and maintenance efforts.

The U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA are investigating whether the office of New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio knowingly violated campaign contribution laws by funneling donations for some upstate Senate races through county committees, which can accept donations 10 times higher than the limits on an individual Senate candidate.

The revelation that George Soros made a $ 750,000 donation to the Democratic State Committee to aid Mr. Cuomo, making a mockery of what's supposed to be a $ 60,000 limit on gifts to any statewide candidate, is disconcerting to anyone who's both sincere about transforming New York's political culture.

Well - heeled campaign contributors can now funnel millions of dollars of cash into political Super PACS after a federal judge Thursday struck down New York's $ 150,000 limit on such donations as...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed legislation that could create more than 2,000 new local government entities to accept charitable donations from residents who want to try to get around limits on state and local taxes in the new federal tax law.

The initiatives attempt to crack down on illegal coordination between outside spending groups in New York, which face no spending limits, and political campaigns that do face donation caps.

New York has laughably high limits on donations and an almost non-existent enforcement mechanism for campaign abuse.

With a $ 25,000 estate donation, the organization will routinely check on the animal's status at the new home and grant limited medical coverage.

The new project of Hidemi Takagi, Blender will be offered on a limited basis at a special rate of # 55 with all profits to the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund.The Fund will channel 100 % of all donations received to the ongoing work of voluntary and community organisations (NPOs) working in the most affected prefectures.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.