Sentences with phrase «state campaign contribution limits»

He acted on behalf of donors, federal prosecutors said; he attempted to evade «the spirit» of state campaign contribution limits, according to the state prosecutors.

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The National Organiztion for Marriage has filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to circumvent the state's campaign contributions limits, arguing that the caps violate its right to free speech.

«For most offices, New York State's contribution «limits» are substantially higher than those of any other state that imposes limits, and they are so high as to ensure that large donors dominate major political campaigns and candidates spend as much time as possible raising money from donors rather than talking with voters about issues,» Cuomo said in the written version of theState's contribution «limits» are substantially higher than those of any other state that imposes limits, and they are so high as to ensure that large donors dominate major political campaigns and candidates spend as much time as possible raising money from donors rather than talking with voters about issues,» Cuomo said in the written version of thestate that imposes limits, and they are so high as to ensure that large donors dominate major political campaigns and candidates spend as much time as possible raising money from donors rather than talking with voters about issues,» Cuomo said in the written version of the SoS.

Adams, a possible candidate for Brooklyn borough president, said he was surprised by the differences in the city campaign finance system — which includes a public financing component — and the state's system, which is widely derided by good - government groups for its loopholes and sky - high contribution limits.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal lState Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal lstate campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

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Entities that do business with the State, their executives, and those who are paid to lobby state officials should be limited to making extremely modest campaign contributState, their executives, and those who are paid to lobby state officials should be limited to making extremely modest campaign contributstate officials should be limited to making extremely modest campaign contributions.

Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are used by a wide variety of industries to circumvent the $ 5,000 annual corporate contribution limit in New York State campaign finance law, relying on the New York State Board of Elections» 1996 determination to treat LLCs as individuals, subject to a $ 150,000 annual contribution limit.

The governor had proposed in his budget sweeping changes in the state's campaign finance system: lower contribution limits, more expensive disclosures, enhanced enforcement, and a voluntary system of public financing.

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

The joint committees can use higher contribution limits; contributions are distributed among the campaign and national and state Democratic committees.

Corporations Use Limited Liability Companies to Skirt Campaign Contribution Limits Limited Liability Companies associated with luxury real estate mogul Leonard Litwin have channeled more than $ 900,000 into races for the New York State Senate this election cycle, largely to Republicans seeking to hold on to majority control.

· Dramatically Reduced Contribution Limits: Campaign contribution limits should be dramatically reduced, including and especially for statewide officeholders, who are currently subject to the highest limits in the nation (excluding states without contributContribution Limits: Campaign contribution limits should be dramatically reduced, including and especially for statewide officeholders, who are currently subject to the highest limits in the nation (excluding states without contribution liLimits: Campaign contribution limits should be dramatically reduced, including and especially for statewide officeholders, who are currently subject to the highest limits in the nation (excluding states without contributcontribution limits should be dramatically reduced, including and especially for statewide officeholders, who are currently subject to the highest limits in the nation (excluding states without contribution lilimits should be dramatically reduced, including and especially for statewide officeholders, who are currently subject to the highest limits in the nation (excluding states without contribution lilimits in the nation (excluding states without contributioncontribution limitslimits).

State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finanState of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finanState: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finanState of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finanState Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public finanstate's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public financing.

The full bill, which can be read here on the State Assembly website, in addition to providing new contribution limits and enforcement rules, also stipulates that the public campaign fund would be partially financed with money from Wall Street fraud settlements.

Yes, it is completely legal in New York for a person doing business with the state to give the governor $ 250K worth of campaign contributions using Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and then get an enormous state contract.

The groups further urged state leaders to reduce the potential for conflicts of interest by exploring options to limit campaign contributions from anyone seeking a state contract.

New York has the highest campaign contributions of any state with limits.

The Assembly voted to close the LLC loophole in campaign finance laws, cap contributions by limited liability corporations at $ 5,000 and require them to identify the individuals who make the donations in the LLC's name, and limit lawmakers» outside income to 40 percent of the annual salary of state Supreme Court justices.

Assembly Approves Bill to Close LLC Loophole in State Law to Help Establish a Level Playing Field in Elections Legislation to Hold Limited Liability Corporations to Same Accountability Provisions and Campaign Contribution Limits as Corporations

A coalition of groups on Monday urged the state Board of Elections to prohibit the practice of allowing individual donors to give unlimited campaign contributions through a network of limited liability corporations.

«The Legislature has created this very comprehensive system of campaign contribution limits in New York state,» said Republican Co-Chairman Peter Kosinski.

«We also urge you to explore options to limit campaign contributions from anyone seeking a state contract to reduce potential conflicts of interest,» the letter states.

Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell says the state's campaign finance contribution limits will remain the same through the end of the year.

The ethics pledge envisions a reinvigorated ethics commission with sweeping jurisdiction and subpoena power, comprehensive annual financial disclosure requirements and the creation of a panel to recommend limits on campaign contributions from individuals and organizations that solicit or obtain state business.

The plan includes a total contribution limit of $ 2,600 for all candidates running for state office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officstate office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officState Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officials.

The week began with the leak of a confidential report by the state's elections enforcer that alleged that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in an illegal effort to circumvent campaign contribution limits in his 2014 push to bolster the re-election prospects of some sitting state Senate Democrats, who presumably would be more favorable to the democrat mayor's city agenda in Albany.

Some Democrats, including State Sen. Marc Panepinto of Buffalo and Jose Peralta of Queens, said they could not endorse the budget because it did not include proposals to increase the minimum wage or limit corporate campaign contributions.

Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.

And campaign finance regulations limit the types and amounts of money that declared presidential candidates can raise, while politicians who have not declared for the presidency can continue accepting larger contributions to a range of political committees, including state - level committees like the one used by Mr. McAuliffe.

This sort of behavior routinely happens in the campaign finance system, as developers donate to politicians through numerous holdings in order to circumvent the state's contribution limits.

Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15 percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and adopting a system of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.

«Every year, hundreds of donors give more money than is allowed by state law that has highest limits of any state capping donation size; scores of candidates fail to disclose large contributions received in the run - up to Election Day; thousands of filings obfuscate the identity of donors or the purpose of expenditures through the inclusion of incomplete or incorrect information; and dozens of incumbent lawmakers spend campaign funds for what reasonable people would unanimously agree are non-campaign reasons,» the report found.

As first detailed in the Wall Street Journal this morning, the plan would place a $ 2,600 contribution limit for all state campaigns regardless of whether a candidate is participating in the matching system.

The state Board of Elections will refer three campaign committees found to be in violation of campaign finance laws to local prosecutors for potential prosecution for receiving donations for more than the legal contribution limit.

Our state has a history of corruption, stretching back to Tammany Hall, our campaign laws are too lax, contribution limits are too high, lawmakers» pay is too low, opportunities for graft are more abundant, state politics is personality - driven, and on and on and on.

The inquiry into 2014 contributions solicited by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign apparatus and intended to assist the Senate Democrats is based on a state ban on contributions to a party committee if they are given or solicited for a particular candidate, with an intent to evade individual contribution limits.

In response to the court decisions, the supplemental grants were removed from the state's campaign financing law; the basic grant of public money to gubernatorial candidates was doubled to make participants more competitive and a low, $ 100 limit was placed on lobbyist contributions, thus limiting their influence.

They want the comptroller to be able to review and approve all state contracts and to limit campaign contributions by any company or person seeking a state contract.

This bizarre legal loophole allows essentially unlimited contributions to state political campaigns by allowing people to make contributions via an unlimited number of Limited Liability Corporations, or shell companies.

Reduce the potential for conflicts of interest by exploring options to limit campaign contributions from anyone who has or is seeking a state contract.

In a filing obtained by The Post, GOP chair Ed Cox charged that NYSUT, the state's largest teachers» union, and its campaign arms have exceeded contribution limits to state Senate Democrats and also share staff, which violates the law.

The ability of LLC's to circumvent campaign contribution limits promotes a «pay - to - play» atmosphere in state government, giving some individuals undue influence.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

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.

Morinello called for reducing the contribution limits for political campaigns; barring companies that receive state contracts from making political donations for a year after the contract is awarded; and banning legislators from making «member item» grants to any organization that has made political contributions to state officials or committees.

He stated that he would introduce bills to substantially reduce campaign contribution limits and prohibit outside income for legislators.

Furthermore, the bill, which was passed in a state budget agreement in early April, fails to lower sky - high campaign contribution limits, close campaign funding loopholes, or mandate greater disclosure of independent expenditures by special interest groups.

The proposals include would lower overall campaign donation limits, cap soft - money contributions at $ 25,000, create a public financing system for state campaigns and create new criminal penalties for public officials who steer government contracts to themselves, relatives or business partners.

Cuomo has said that he wants to overhaul the state's campaign finance laws by closing loopholes, lowering contribution limits and instituting a public financing system similar to what's in effect for New York City.