Sentences with phrase «public campaign funds»

«Adequate funding, strong enforcement and starting the system in the next election cycle are necessary for public campaign funding to work for New York State,» Scharff said.

Public campaign funding systems have been successful in New York City, Connecticut, Arizona and Maine because they provide enough public funds for candidates to run competitive campaigns.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign was fined $ 47,778 Thursday amid allegations it spent public campaign funds on plane tickets for his son, a makeup...

Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign was fined $ 47,778 Thursday amid allegations it spent public campaign funds on plane tickets for his son, a makeup artist for his family and a second party to celebrate the mayor's election in 2013.

The Campaign Finance Institute has used peer - reviewed methods to conclude that the cost of public campaign funding under current proposals would be between $ 26 and $ 41 million per year.

Nearly assured re-election, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio argued for $ 2.6 million in public campaign funds.

After openings, prosecutors showed the jury receipts from Macy's, Nordstrom and Home Depot that they said reflected Wills purchases with public campaign funds.

Democrats in charge of the Assembly publicly support public campaign funding, as do the breakaway Democrats who share control of the state Senate with Republicans.

Ruling parties would become even better than they already are at keeping public campaign funds out of the hands of challengers.

Only about 5 % of taxpayers choose the $ 3 check off for public campaign funding (which is about $ 23 million per year because there are about 150 million 1040 tax returns filed each year), but public television, radio, the NEA and the NEH might get closer to the 25 - 27 % percent participation that the check off got when it was started (bringing the take to perhaps $ 115 million a year), because their programming is probably more popular than campaign funding for politicians.

Essentially, member items are little more than an incumbent - protection racket — which should, by rights, be subtracted from the public campaign funds pols get during election season.

No... because he feels entitled to spend your, the taxpayer's money promoting his own political interests and abusing his access to public campaign funds.

«But when it comes to public campaign funding, the details matter.

«There is plenty of time for this state's leaders to deliver a public campaign funding system for all statewide and legislative races.

Any winning candidates who decide to decline the office they were elected to in favor of a higher paying job should have to pay back any public campaign funds they received during the election.