But a business group is urging the commission not to
recommend public campaign financing, and says state lawmakers should not adopt it.
Fitzpatrick says he doesn't know if the Moreland Commission will
recommend a public campaign finance system when it issues a preliminary report in December.
Not exact matches
Rice was one of the three co-chairs of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's corruption - busting Moreland Commission, which
recommended (though not unanimously)
public campaign finance as a remedy for the never - ending corruption scandals in Albany and NYC.
They
recommend enacting New York City style
public campaign financing for statewide elections, and closing loopholes that allow limited liability corporations and party housekeeping accounts to blatantly shirk existing limits for
campaign contributions.
The Moreland Commission report, which
recommends adopting
public financing of
campaigns and an enforcement overhaul at the state Board of Elections, was released with little fanfare on a Monday evening, after the 6 p.m. newscasts had begun.
ALBANY — A long - awaited anti-corruption report
recommends further disclosure for lawmakers as well as a system of
public campaign finance as the antidote to a litany of misdeeds, some of which are detailed over its 101 pages.
The overwhelming expectation is that the commission will
recommend public financing of political
campaigns.
The report
recommended public financing of
campaigns to limit big donors» influence, closing loopholes that allow companies to ignore current state contribution limits and toughening bribery penalties.
They
recommend enacting New York City - style
public campaign financing for statewide elections, and closing loopholes that allow limited liability corporations and party housekeeping accounts to blatantly shirk existing limits for
campaign contributions.
The New York City
Campaign Finance Board staff has recommended that Democratic mayoral candidate John Liu be denied public matching funds, his campaign said Thursday, dealing a potentially crippling blow to his bid for Ci
Campaign Finance Board staff has
recommended that Democratic mayoral candidate John Liu be denied
public matching funds, his
campaign said Thursday, dealing a potentially crippling blow to his bid for Ci
campaign said Thursday, dealing a potentially crippling blow to his bid for City Hall.
A report in the New York Daily News said the commission may be considering a voter referendum on
public campaign financing, or might only
recommend a
public system as part of a dissenting opinion.