Sentences with phrase «pushing for a public financing»

The appeal comes as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, and Senate Democrats push for public financing system, similar to what's in place for New York City.

After introducing his campaign finance reform legislation in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo held events in Syracuse and Buffalo to push for his public financing proposal and other anti-corruption measures.

Host Alan Chartock is joined by Jonathan Soros, co-Founder of Friends of Democracy, a super PAC pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.

There's a continuing push for public financing of campaigns, arguing it removes the influence of big money and allows challengers who would have trouble raising money to run.

Citizen Action and other groups are pushing for public financing of campaigns as part of the reforms.

Reformers Unite in Manhattan to Push for Public Financing On Thursday Citizen Action, the Center for Working Families, Communications Workers of America, SEIU 1199, Sierra Club, NAACP and the Brennan Center, among others, gathered in Manhattan for a summit to discuss the next steps for fomenting the transition to a clean money system.

Several unions that are pushing for public financing of campaigns call the contributions «legal bribery.»

It also comes as Cuomo comes under increasing pressure from liberal and progressive advocacy groups that are part of a well - funded campaign to push for public financing.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.

During this time a number of legislators were indicted on corruption charges and advocates began a major push for public financing of campaigns.

Lawmakers including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator David Carlucci are pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State.

Although he's courted progressive adoration through a series of big - ticket achievements like the passage of New York's 2011 marriage equality law, he's also cut taxes for the wealthy and abandoned the liberal push for public financing of elections.

Community members could always push for PUBLIC financing of a school's needs or do without.

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Under Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau's plan, the PQ seeks to create jobs, avoid tax hikes, further exploit Quebec's natural resources and rein in government spending, such as pushing for «fair» agreements with physicians and public - sector workers during upcoming contract negotiations.

Expect a lot of activity at the Capitol — including a big press conference held by groups pushing for public campaign finance reform slated for Wednesday.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

With all the talk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo potentially pushing to reunify the IDC and so - called «regular» Democrats as payback for the Republicans» refusal to support a statewide public campaign finance system, I thought it would be worth checking it with the lone Democrat who is actually conferencing with the GOP: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.

The comptroller has been pushing for some time to have his office used as a pilot for a statewide public campaign finance system, but while his former colleagues in the Assembly passed a bill to do just that this past session, the Senate did not follow suit.

Fair Elections for New York, one of the groups pushing for establishment of a public campaign finance system, is hosting a free screening tonight of «Pricele $ $,» a documentary that looks at the pervasive nature of political cash and its power in shaping policy at the national level.

The conference's lack of support for public financing of elections, meanwhile, has been cited by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as among the reasons why he's pushing for a Democratic takeover of the chamber.

Koppell had been pushing for a more progressive agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion plank.

A coalition of women's groups and elected officials pushed for public campaign financing saying it will mean more women are elected to public office.

But he adopted a questionable plan from the pension fund, and he has failed to push hard enough to create public campaign financing for the comptroller's office.»

The progressive validators were for a purpose: Cuomo is lobbying for the W.F.P.'s endorsement later this month, and pointedly promised during his speech to push for a public campaign finance system — the party's biggest priority at the moment — before the Legislature adjourns in June.

«An unusual and well - heeled coalition, trying to tap public anger over the flood of money into politics, is pushing to enact a public financing system for elections in New York State,» reported the New York Times in a front - page article on the New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD) coalition.

The groups pushing today for the closure of the loophole have also been full - throated in their support for the public financing of political campaigns.

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

The British government's focus on consolidating the public finances and push through supply - side reforms is at odds with the new French president's instincts, according to Philip Whyte, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think - tank.

As various proposals for a broader public financing system are floated, members of the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate, as well as advocates that have pushed the measure over the years, are telegraphing they won't support any agreement they deem watered - down.

When it comes to state public financing, Cuomo insisted on the one hand he will still push for and back a statewide public matching system.

Advocates for statewide system, as well as Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein are pushing for a broader public financing proposal in the final spending plan.

Tuesday saw a continued push for public campaign financing and other election reform measures.

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There's three weeks to go in the legislative session, and advocates are pushing hard for two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda items — translating the federal abortion rights in the Roe v. Wade decision into New York state law, and enacting public financing of statewide political campaigns.

The question before progressive advocates of public campaign financing in New York State is whether we push for full public campaign finance on the Clean Money model of equal and sufficient funding grants for all qualified candidates, or whether we settle for partial public campaign financing on the Matching Funds model used for presidential primaries since 1976 and for New York City local elections since 1989.

Advocates for public financing of campaigns and advocates of abortion rights are entering the final push for passage of the measures, and are using a variety of tactics to spur action in the state Senate.

In the last week, he flexed some muscle, pushing for action on the DREAM Act, public campaign finance and funding for a pre-kindergarten expansion that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has pushed for.

Senator Klein, in a statement, says he will continue to push for a more «comprehensive» public finance system between now and April 1st.

Governor Cuomo has also pushed for public campaign finance reform for statewide campaigns, modeled on the New York City system.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process, including the public financing of political campaigns and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

Fair elections supporters held a conference call this week to push for New York State campaign finance reform and public funding of elections.

As the legislative session draws to a close, Senate Democrats are making an all - out push for their top priorities, including the full ten point women's equality act, the DREAM Act, and a statewide public campaign finance system.

The conference has spent the last month pushing back on the claims of advocates for public financing and debated the cost of the system, pointing to more pressing needs for the use of public funds.

The Assembly has long backed public matching, the most recent example being last year when Silver introduced a plan that's now touted by the coalition of groups pushing for a broad campaign finance overhaul.

To turn New York's finances around, Cuomo is pushing for a cap on state spending and a freeze on state taxes and public employee salaries as part of a one - year emergency financial plan.

The umbrella group formed to push for a system of public financing on a statewide level says some of its members are being shut out of a Senate Republican - backed hearing on abuses within the New York City system.

As The New York Times reported today, Fair Elections for New York, the coalition of groups making a sustained push this year for an overhaul of campaign finance laws, is starting a post-budget session $ 800,000 ad campaign and public meeting blitz.