New York City's
public matching funds allow candidates to receive a 6 - to - 1 match for the first $ 175 a city resident contributes, turning a $ 100 contribution into $ 700 for the candidate.
Not exact matches
If reform legislation can be passed that
allows small donations to be
matched with
public funds, then candidates would become less dependent on big donors and more so on their constituents.
He dismissed allegations that
matching funds would
allow corrupt incumbents to gain access to
public money, arguing that it would instead expand the field of candidates running.
She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with
public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are
allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.
Senate Co-leader Dean Skelos has voiced his opposition to the reform because it would
allow candidates to qualify for
public matching funds if they meet certain qualifying criteria.
Critics of the system are calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to impose stricter donation limits and
allow for
matching public funds.
With her
public matching funds included, Quinn now has more than an estimated $ 7 million in her coffers, surpassing the maximum limit — $ 6.4 million — a candidate is
allowed to spend during a primary.
«City law places clear restrictions on post-election spending and does not
allow candidates to use
public matching funds to build a war chest for future elections,» CFB spokesman Matt Sollars told the Daily News Monday.
Concrete actions by policy makers, already practised in many counties, are:
matching paid parental leave to the rate and duration observed in Scandinavian countries; providing adequate
public funding and developing tax policies that
allow parents to make appropriate child - rearing choices, paying greater attention to children from poor or diverse backgrounds; integrating child care and early education under one ministry or agency and thereby enhancing quality, qualification requirements, accessibility and affordability.