Sentences with phrase «strict campaign contribution limits»

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Horner, with NYPIRG, says the testimony illustrates the need to clean up New York's campaign finance laws by setting stricter caps on contributions and eliminating a loophole that allows donors to use LLCs or limited liability companies, to skirt existing donor limits.

Governor Cuomo proposed a broad set of laws including stricter limits on campaign contributions and party spending on behalf of candidates, public financing of elections to match small contributions from individuals, and new public corruption crimes in an attempt to reduce the culture of corruption in Albany.

As a candidate for governor, Andrew Cuomo advanced a proposal to place new, strict, and lower campaign contribution limits on those seeking and receiving government contracts.

What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.

That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by strict and comparably low contribution limits — even lower for anyone with business before the city — and with a public financing system that offers matching funds from taxpayers to candidates who opt in and follow further fundraising rules.

While some ethics reform provisions were included (such as mandatory reporting of outside income and stricter per diem regulations), there was no major campaign finance reform, nor did the legislature close the LLC loophole that allows wealthy corporations to skirt campaign contribution limits.

Horner said the testimony illustrates the need to clean up New York's campaign finance laws by setting stricter caps on contributions and eliminating a loophole that allows donors to use LLCs, or limited liability companies, to skirt existing donor limits.

The governor went so as far as to circulate a questionnaire to candidates quizzing them on their support for ethics law changes, asking their position on limiting lawmakers» outside income and stricter campaign contribution requirements for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs).