DiNapoli says he hopes the governor and the legislature will reconsider, and enact more comprehensive
public campaign finance reform before the end of the legislative session.
The IDC leader, Sen. Jeff Klein has said passing
public campaign finance reform before session ends is a priority for him as well.
Not exact matches
Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass
Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance r
Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York
Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive
campaign finance reformreform.
The poll was conducted June 15 - 16, just days
before the New York State Senate narrowly defeated a comprehensive
campaign reform bill for that state that would have included
public financing of
campaigns.
Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including
public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks,
before the session ends in June.
Cuomo said that he wanted a special session to tackle sweeping ethics and
campaign -
finance reform changes, including the
public financing of political
campaigns as well as a cap on outside pay and banning employment of state lawmakers from firms that have business
before the state.
The governor says, like the gay marriage issue, he has to convince the
public that
campaign finance reform is important,
before legislators will agree to it.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including
public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks,
before the session ends in June.
Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token
reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of
campaign cash;
public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (J
public financing of candidate
campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business
before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on
Public Ethics (J
Public Ethics (JCOPE).