Sentences with phrase «public campaign finance program agreed»

The New York State Comptroller says he won't be participating in a new pilot public campaign finance program agreed to in the state budget, and government reform groups say, they don't blame him.

The state's comptroller says he won't be participating in a new pilot public campaign finance program agreed to in the state budget, and government reform groups say they don't blame him.

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In 2014, the governor and legislative leaders — Silver and then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial for selling his office — agreed to dissolve the commission in exchange for a pilot program of public campaign finance, a new enforcement office at the state's Board of Elections and changes to the bribery statute.

Liberal advocates have suggested in recent weeks that Koppell's challenge could disintegrate if Klein and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are successful in getting the Senate Republicans to agree to a more robust public campaign finance program than the comptroller - only pilot included in the 2014 - 15 budget.