Sentences with phrase «proposed public campaign»

He has proposed public campaign financing several times, but has not been able to convince the legislature to pass it.

The governor also proposed a public campaign financing system, based on New York City's model, and he wants greater disclosure of donors to new Super PACS that currently use not for profit loopholes to hide contributors» identities.

In other action, good - government advocates praised a proposed public campaign finance referendum for Suffolk legislators, which would give a 4 - to - 1 match on donations of up to $ 150 for candidates who opt in.

He has proposed public campaign financing several times but has not been able to convince the Legislature to pass it.

Recent reports say the commission held back subpoenas at the administration's request, and Capital reported yesterday that commissioners are in discussions with the administration to propose a public campaign finance system as a constitutional amendment.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Cuomo, too, has talked about the importance of limiting big donors» access to government by limiting political contributions and creating a public campaign finance system — although he has yet to formally propose any legislation to accomplish that.

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.

Gov. Cuomo Proposes Public Financing of Elections in Budget In his executive budget proposal to the legislature this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo included legislation advancing reforms to the state's campaign finance, disclosure and election laws.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Governor Cuomo proposed a broad set of laws including stricter limits on campaign contributions and party spending on behalf of candidates, public financing of elections to match small contributions from individuals, and new public corruption crimes in an attempt to reduce the culture of corruption in Albany.

The proposed buyer, Broadway Stages, including its owners and president, Gina Argento, donated roughly $ 100,000 to de Blasio's campaign in 2013 and 2017, public records show.

Albany, NY — Paterson proposed term limits, public financing of campaigns and other measures to end what he calls the pay to play atmosphere that has infected state government.

Cuomo made little public effort to move the multi-faceted reform agenda he proposed in January and instead appeared to move the goalposts for reform toward the end of session when he announced he wanted to tackle independent expenditure campaigns, something Senate Republicans found much more appealing than restricting legislators» outside income or closing the LLC loophole.

«Spitzer Proposes the Strongest Campaign Finance Laws in the Nation; Public Financing,» Liam Arbetman, Common Cause, 01/05/07

Cuomo is proposing a five - point plan, including public financing of campaigns, full and complete disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, and reform of the legislative per diem system where the governor says lawmakers come to Albany just to make money through the daily expense payments.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have led the campaign against Labour's proposed bans on the use of e-cigs in public places, collecting over 2,000 signatures on a petition in less than a month.

The campaign targets Cheney, 34, because she is openly gay and is running her father's part of the Bush - Cheney reelection campaign but has not taken a public position on the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment.

He proposed the Legislature to create a system of public financing of campaigns to reduce the influence of big money on politicians.

Cuomo said that the notion that the Legislature is corrupt is an «aberration» and proposed full disclosure of outside income by legislators and public financing of campaigns.

He's campaigning on the motto «Stop Wasting Our Money,» and proposes capping public - sector salaries at $ 100,000 a year and eliminating various state agencies such as the Thruway Authority, the Division of Human Rights, and the Office of Homeland Security.

A New York legislative leader plans to propose a bill next week to overhaul campaign - finance laws and introduce a system of public financing for state elections, making him the third of Albany's four «men in a room,» including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to push for sweeping revisions in this area.

ALBANY, NY (03/05/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) is launching a television and Web ad campaign today pointing out the cuts to state services proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his 2012 - 13 state Executive Budget.

In his proposed state budget, Cuomo also has proposed $ 11 million in funding to hire additional health care workers at cancer treatment facilities for outreach work, $ 15 million for public education campaigns targeting underserved communities, and $ 5 million to support commercialization of cancer - related technologies.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

Good government groups and some lawmakers say the provision to use this year's state comptroller race to test public campaign financing is far short of the comprehensive program initially proposed by Cuomo and that it is flawed in conception.

There was also discussion of a proposal to use public funds to finance political campaigns, which Cuomo has proposed but is in limbo as lawmakers move to finish state budget negotiations.

«There are a lot of other elements of the report where there was no dissent and there was no division,» Cuomo said, referring to proposed changes in bribery laws, enhanced disclosure by public officials and retooled enforcement of campaign finance laws.

Cuomo proposes to extend a system of public campaign finance to all statewide offices and legislative races, ban the use of campaign funds for personal expenses, require the disclosure of outside income and the clients who supported it and change the state Constitution to allow prosecutors to claw back the pensions of officials convicted of public corruption.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

The leader of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference, Senator Jeff Klein, proposed an overhaul of the state's public campaign finance system that includes public financing of campaigns.

Assemblyman Bill Magee, D - Nelson: Yes «I will support a voluntary public funding of campaigns as proposed by the Governor.»

A group of New York state Senators held a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed campaign finance reform bill.

The panel consisted of Senators David Carlucci, Jeff Klein and Diane Savino, who consulted members of public interest groups, think tanks and other nonpartisan organizations on the impact of a campaign finance reform package proposed by members of the legislature's Independent Democratic Conference.

The PBL course included five project cycles: (1) role - playing a United Nations task force advising a new nation on the various forms and features of democracy, (2) proposing a public policy and actions to improve society, (3) role - playing legislators in the U.S. Congress, (4) role - playing party campaign strategists in an election, and (5) role - playing a Supreme Court case.

NEW YORK — Roman Catholic schools should launch an aggressive campaign to educate the «worst» students in every community and seek public and private funding once those students graduate, Secretary of Education William J. Bennett proposed here last week.

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Public registries for convicted animal abusers — much like those that monitor and publish the whereabouts of sexual offenders — have been proposed in California and are being encouraged in other states in a campaign by the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

We even pledged our support for the campaign she was proposing to «educate» the media and the general public that farmers were not all bad sorts.

Already one potential future premier, John Cummins of the upstart BC Conservatives, is proposing to kill the carbon tax, apparently believing the public mood has changed since then - NDP leader Carole James campaigned in 2008 on a promise to «axe the tax» — and handed the BC Liberals a third straight majority.

The other «memos» included letters, meeting notices, reports to Western Fuels from a hired Washington public relations firm and sample ad layouts from Simmons Advertising in Grand Forks, North Dakota, a direct mail firm, for a proposed test run — a ten - day radio and newspaper campaign, and that's all.

EEI rejected a publicity campaign and relied upon their expertise, which was lobbying, to raise public concern about a proposed «carbon tax,» or cap - and - trade law.

But the campaign to warn the public has been incompetently done, failing to provide the transparency and level of evidence proportional to the magnitude of the solutions proposed (details here).

Through a campaign led by former Prime Minister Jim Callaghan, however, a further amendment was proposed, introducing s 301, allowing the hospital to benefit from royalties through public performances, commercial publications or communications to the public of Peter Pan and any adaptation whatsoever.

I propose a multi-platform public education campaign, led by the attorney general of each province and supported and supplemented by law societies and professional associations across the country, designed to educate the public about the availability and value of unbundling and legal coaching.

The Public Health Advocacy Institute WA is also seeking supporters for an advocacy campaign around the proposed closures.

That's the underlying challenge in the submission to the proposed changes lodged yesterday, the final day for public input, by the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee — a coalition of Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health and human rights organisations.