Sentences with phrase «statewide public financing»

Advocates for public financing are still holding out for a broader, statewide public financing agreement.

An administration source earlier today said the governor was open to statewide public financing system that would take effect next year, and be phased in for open - seat elections where no incumbents are running.

«They can start by enacting the Moreland Commission's number one recommendation: passing statewide public financing of elections to level the playing field between wealthy donors and working families.»

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.

Those items include statewide public financing of political campaigns, the 10 - point women's agenda with a controversial abortion provision included and the Dream Act, which would give the children of undocumented immigrants access to tuition assistance.

«With the public's faith in Albany rapidly eroding, now is the time for Governor Cuomo to enact the Moreland Commission's number one recommendation: pass statewide public financing of elections to level the playing field between wealthy donors and working families,» Lipton said.

The labor - backed Working Families Party is knocking the approved state budget for lacking statewide public financing, the Dream Act and tax cuts for businesses.

But I'd imagine it was around the same time he realized that more voters would rather see property tax cuts than they desire statewide public financing of elections, which was part of Cuomo's unwatered legislation.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci is, so far, the only candidate to have participated in a statewide public financing system.

It's argument Cuomo has made before, often in the context of creating a statewide public financing system for elections.

Institute a statewide public financing system based on the one used by NYC, which matches every dollar in small donor contributions with six dollars in public funds

In a statement from Friends of Democracy's David Donnelly, the group accuses Cuomo of an «abdication of leadership» in the final push to include a statewide public financing system.

«I don't think they should,» Astorino said when asked about whether Republicans in the Senate should back a statewide public financing measure.

State legislators and Governor Cuomo claimed that the trial program was launched to test the practicality of a statewide public financing system.

Antonacci launched his campaign in the weeks after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to a compromise in the state budget that created the system, which at the time was referred to as a «pilot» for statewide public financing.

First, the groups contend a statewide public financing system would cost at most $ 40 million, far less than the $ 200 million advocates claim, pointing to a study from SUNY Albany professor Michael Malbin as how the system would also help lesser - known candidates raise cash.

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.

The comptroller conceded that rolling out a statewide public financing system would be costly.

A statewide public financing system to elevate average New Yorkers» voices in our elections, buttressed by other comprehensive reforms — like lower limits on how much one person can contribute to a political candidate (now at an outrageous $ 60,800 for statewide candidates per election cycle) and strong independent enforcement of campaign finance laws — will reduce the power of big money special interests.