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The compromise on campaign finance appeared particularly uncertain on Saturday, after State Senator Jeff Klein, the co-leader of the Senate's governing coalition, said in a statement that negotiations over public financing were «not yet done.»

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He suggested that there would be a violation of campaign finance laws if Trump and Cohen structured the payment «in a way to avoid detection or in an effort to make it appear to be something that it was not, namely, a retainer payment as opposed to $ 130,000 reimbursement, that may involve money laundering depending on how it was handled.»

Given that the Legislature has only 10 more days in session before it breaks for the year on June 16, it appears unlikely that significant campaign finance reform laws will pass.

It appears unlikely at this moment that a campaign finance deal will be reached between Cuomo and legislative leaders before the WFP meets to consider the endorsement, which means activists will be asked to trust that the governor can deliver — something about which they have grown wary after four - plus years of lip service on this issue and very little actual movement.

Cuomo and WFP officials are trying to work it out, even as much of the liberal agenda — especially campaign finance reform — appears to be dead on arrival now that Republicans are fully in control of the state Senate.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

Cuomo appears to have given up on the state Legislature taking action to close the notorious LLC loophole, which allows wealthy donors to subvert campaign finance laws by creating multiple limited liability corporations that can each give more than $ 60,000 to a candidate's campaign.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will appear on a town - hall telephone call Tuesday evening held by advocates backing public financing for political campaigns.

Despite appearing jointly together, both Skelos and Silver are far apart on whether to allow public financing of campaigns to move forward, a coming flashpoint in the effort to overhaul campaign finance and ethics laws in the wake of two corruption scandals.

A version of this article appears in print on February 13, 1990, on Page B00002 of the National edition with the headline: Panel Urges Changes In Campaign Financing.

HARLEM — The lawyer representing embattled Comptroller John Liu's former campaign treasurer Jenny Hou begged for donations to help pay her legal fees Monday night, hours before she was set to appear in court on a slew of campaign finance charges.

Katko released his campaign finance figures on the same day he submitted more than 7,600 signatures to appear on the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform Party ballot lines in November.

The case is ongoing, and McDonald and the New York City Campaign Finance Board are set to appear in court on March 12.

A measure to close a major campaign finance loophole involving limited liability companies has not gained traction in the State Senate, and other measures, including a crack down on Super PACS, did not appear to be part of the final deal.

Government ethics, voting, and campaign finance reform do not appear to be particularly high on the list of priorities for Cuomo, the Assembly majority, the Senate majority, or the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (a group of eight breakaway Democrats that has a coalition agreement with Senate Republicans but nevertheless put forward its own conference budget resolution on Wednesday).

But momentum appears to be on the side of reformers this year, said Craig Holman, a campaign finance reform expert with Public Citizen, a government watchdog group in Washington, D.C.

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The Federal Election Commission, the country's campaign finance watchdog, is seeking public comment on new online - ad - disclosure requirements that would cover candidates and could require more disclaimers on ads that appear in apps like Snapchat.