The make up of the state Senate has not changed from last year, and the GOP still
opposes public financing of campaigns, calling it a waste of the taxpayer's money.
Senate Republicans have generally
opposed public financing of campaigns, citing cost and concerns over abuse.
Not exact matches
Today's Q poll also finds New Yorkers
oppose (51 - 40) the idea
of public campaign financing, which Cuomo supports, and back — albeit narrowly, 48 - 42 — the full disclosure
of outside income by state lawmakers.
He told Syracuse.com he
opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve
public financing of political
campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income
of lawmakers to 15 percent
of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.
Republicans in the state Legislature
opposed a
public campaign finance proposal from Cuomo, saying it was a waste
of taxpayer dollars and would unfairly tilt the political playing field in favor
of Democratic - leaning unions.
That gave the Senate GOP, which has blocked
public financing of political
campaigns on the grounds that it costs too much money, an opening to attack, citing the recent Q - poll that found New York voters
oppose the system 51 percent to 39 percent.
«To be clear, we all want comprehensive
campaign finance reform with
public financing at the core and we feel
public financing is the real game changer, but we're hearing a lot
of myths around
public financing in particular and trying to connect that to corruption in a bad way as
opposed it to being a solution so we wanted to focus on that today,» he said.
It is one
of the issues that appears to still be «live» down at the Capitol, as
opposed to
public campaign financing and the Women's Equality Act, which Cuomo himself has admitted are unlikely to pass before lawmakers leave Albany for their summer vacations.
Malliotakis has said she
opposes public financing of elections but she will be participating in the
Campaign Finance Board's
public matching funds program, which matches small dollar contributions up to $ 175 at a 6 - to - 1 ratio with
public funds.
He added he would
oppose a minimum - wage hike and
public financing of campaigns but could support changes in lawmakers» daily and travel allotments, which have been the focus
of several corruption investigations in recent years.
Astorino remains
opposed to another reform measure now being discussed by Cuomo and Republicans in the Senate —
public financing of campaigns.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) promised to «engage in whatever discussions are necessary» on ethics but
opposed two key measures favored by Democrats and good government groups —
public financing of election
campaigns and bans on lawmakers» outside income.
Functional control
of the Senate by Republicans lets Cuomo claim to support policies supported by a majority
of New Yorkers while never having to sign anything into law that he personally
opposes, like local control
of minimum wages or
public financing of campaigns.
It
opposes public financing of political
campaigns despite the corrupt culture the present system has fostered.
Republicans, who rule the Senate with a group
of break away Democrats,
oppose public campaign finance, a provision in the Women's Equality act that codifies the abortion rights in Roe v Wade.
The group says they are looking ahead to the November elections and key races in the state Senate, where some members
oppose reforms, including the
public financing of campaigns.
Blair Horner, legislative director
of the New York
Public Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically op
Public Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that
public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically op
public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically
opposed.
Gianaris questioned the position
of Republican senators who
oppose a
public campaign financing system, but support allowing politicians to seek state reimbursement for criminal defense fees.
The groups says they are looking ahead to the November elections and key races in the State Senate, where some members
oppose reforms, including the
public financing of campaigns.
We certainly hope her election will push state lawmakers to support
public campaign financing — especially a Clean Money Clean Election approach where funds are provided based on obtaining a small number
of donations (as
opposed to the 6 to 1 matching approach used in NYC).
Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, meanwhile, has said he's
opposed to
public financing in part because taxpayers would fund political
campaigns of people who they don't necessarily like.
He's also touted his desire to reform Albany as a reason to pair with Senate Republicans, and yet Senate Republicans have stood
opposed to banning outside income for legislators, reforming
campaign finance laws and enacting
public financing of campaigns — things Klein has said he wants to do.
Governor Andrew Cuomo implied this week that he may
oppose the ruling Senate coalition
of Republicans and Independent Democrats this coming fall if the chamber does not pass
public campaign financing.
But the GOP is
opposed to
public financing of campaigns.
The Independent Democratic Conference runs the Senate along with Senate Republicans, but the GOP is
opposed to
public financing of campaigns.
The unions have been joined by several groups supportive
of issues they've
opposed, such as expansion
of charter schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis
of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission on
Public Ethics and
campaign finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board
of Elections.