Sentences with phrase «public financing program»

The governor pushed a pilot public financing program for the 2014 comptroller's race, a plan that was seen by many as a failure.

Then in 2018, candidates for state - wide office would also be eligible for the voluntary public financing program.

Last year, a year - long public financing program for the state comptroller's race was created in the budget.

The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.

The New York State Board of Elections (BOE) released draft regulations governing the new pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race last week.

In a guest column for the Post-Standard, David Rubin, a former dean at Syracuse University, wrote that the trial public financing program for the state comptroller race presents an opportunity to demonstrate the power of small donors.

The effort had only a half - result: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to create the first statewide public financing program which applied only to the state comptroller's race.

Skelos says it's not a contradiction that the Republican candidate for comptroller, Bob Antonacci, will participate in a pilot public finance program funded by the state's unclaimed funds.

In 2013, the legislature repealed the state's renowned public financing program for judicial candidates, leaving would - be judges to raise contributions from wealthy campaign donors.

This month Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy will be getting a check for $ 6.2 million in public funds through the Connecticut Public Financing Program to pay for part of his campaign for governor.

A report released this week by the Board of Elections provides an assessment on the one - time public financing program for the state comptroller's race in which none of the major and minor party candidates actually received any matching funds.

Public Matching Funds in NYC Amplify Voices of Small Donors New York City's public financing program provides matching funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar contributions from constituents in their district.

With Republicans fully in control of the Senate, the prospects of a broad public financing program passing this year appear dim.

Former Gov. George Pataki gave a thumbs up to the comptroller - only public financing program in the state budget, saying lawmakers in Albany and Gov. Andrew Cuomo «did it exactly the right way.»

While the Democratic incumbent for State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, has rejected the pilot public finance program as flawed and unworkable, the newly announced Republican Candidate for Comptroller, says he's going to take advantage of the public matching small donor system.

And he wants more financial disclosure requirements for local elected officials, a campaign public financing program, and legislation to subject the Legislature to the state's freedom of information laws.

Republican candidate for state comptroller Bob Antonacci on Monday announced his campaign had hit the 2,000 - donor threshold, a key stepping stone to obtaining public matching funds under the newly adopted public financing program.

Unfortunately, a series of Supreme Court decisions unleashing a flood of private money to campaigns in recent years has knocked the moral props from beneath public financing programs like Connecticut's, instilling even in reformers a ravenous appetite for more campaign cash to stay competitive.

But the prospect of Mr. Catsimatidis's persevering past the September primary («I'm committed to running,» he said at a news conference on Tuesday) will certainly irk Mr. Lhota's camp, which remains wary of the unlimited war chest that Mr. Catsimatidis, who has opted out of the city's voluntary public financing program, could bring to bear in the race.

Public Financing Trial Could Show Power of Small Donors In a guest column for the Post-Standard, David Rubin, a former dean at Syracuse University, wrote that the trial public financing program for the state comptroller race presents an opportunity to demonstrate the power of small donors.

If you asked Gov, Andrew Cuomo last month about the chances of a statewide public financing program being approved, he'd give a rather pessimistic answer.

It allowed more campaign cash into North Carolina's judicial elections by eliminating the popular, nationally - renowned public financing program for judicial candidates.

New York Times: Most Fundamental Reform Missing from State Budget Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders passed New York's 2014 - 15 budget last week without a comprehensive small donor public matching system — instead establishing a very limited pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race in 2014.

The budget adopted last week constructed a new pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race.

The party is in the Fair Elections coalition that has been running ads in favor of the public financing program.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

This past legislative session brought the creation of a public financing program, but only for the state comptroller's race this year.

A political action committee that backs public financing, Friends of Democracy, is spending heavily on behalf of Senate Democrats to create a public financing program.

At the same time, the BOE called for funding that would provide software to help implement a public financing program and audit payments.

Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who has raised nearly $ 100,000 two weeks into her NYC mayoral run, wants taxpayer - backed campaign matching funds for her bid under the public finance program she has fiercely criticized.

Then there was the most recent stick in the eye: forcing on Dinapoli a pilot public financing program — only for his race — that would make the comptroller give back more than two - thirds of his campaign money or suffer a P.R. hit.

New York City's public financing program has opened the door «for meaningful participation from working - class communities,» resulting in a city council that is not only more racially and economically diverse, but that is also better positioned to represent the interests of ordinary New Yorkers.

In the wake of the investigation's findings, the Times Union argues that a voluntary matching funds system, similar to New York City's public financing program, remains «the only way to limit the power of big campaign checks,» and that Albany's dismally low grade is simply «one more indication of the broken system of campaign finance in Albany that puts the interests of CEO campaign contributors before the interests of our communities.»

He is also not participating in the state's public financing program, saying he is philisophically opposed to using taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

Even with the ever - increasing threat of independent expenditures, almost all candidates participated in the public financing program, likely because the amplification of grassroots support through public matching funds is an effective way to defend against independent spending.

They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election laws.

DiNapoli is not participating in the public financing program, which was approved in the 2014 - 15 state budget and only impacts the state comptroller's race.

The 2014 - 15 state budget agreement in March included a public financing program for the state comptroller's race for this year only.

On Tuesday, the endorsed Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut applied to use the state's public financing program to fund his gubernatorial campaign.

Recently, in the 2014 - 15 budget, the New York legislature and Governor Cuomo passed a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race.

If these candidates choose to opt into the city's public financing program, the contributions from bundlers will be matched 6 - to - 1 for the first $ 175 of each donation.

The pilot public financing program for the state comptroller race, which legislative leaders — including Republicans — and Governor Cuomo authorized in the 2014 - 15 budget, is supported by the state's abandoned property fund.

Antonacci has enthusiastically indicated that he will be participating in New York's trial public financing program, which allows comptroller candidates to receive money from the state's abandoned property fund to match small donations.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.

By contrast, it took Foley and Malloy months to raise the $ 250,000 necessary to qualify for the state's voluntary public financing program, which bars donations in excess of $ 100.

The growing role of independent expenditure groups, which live outside the rules that apply to candidates and their campaigns, is especially sensitive in Connecticut, a state that created a voluntary public financing program to restrict the influence of state contractors and other interests on elections after scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland.

In upcoming releases leading up to the September 10 primary and the November general election, voters will be able to make contributions to the candidates using the system, and the tool will also indicate how much that contribution is worth through the city's public financing program.

The aim, the state claims, was to reach a $ 15,000 threshold necessary for the campaign to qualify for $ 85,550 in matching funds through the state's public financing program.

Cuomo's $ 142 billion budget proposal included the public financing program, which would be based on the model of New York City's donor matching system.

Advocates for the public financing of political campaigns on Tuesday released letters sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top legislative leaders in the Assembly and senate urging them to include a public financing program in the state budget.