Sentences with phrase «system of public campaign financing»

The need for a voluntary system of public campaign financing for candidates to run with no - strings - attached clean money is now greater than ever.

And the budget crafted only a limited system of public campaign financing that will apply solely to the this year's comptroller's race.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose defunct anti-corruption commission was subpoenaed this week by federal prosecutors, vowed in an essay to keep fighting for a broader system of public campaign finance this year.

Former State Congressman Mike Arcuri expressed his strong support this week for a state system of public campaign financing.

Cuomo agreed to shut down the commission in a late March budget deal, in exchange for a pilot system of public campaign finance, changes to the Board of Elections as well as the bribery statute.

The Assembly has been passing a New York City - style system of public campaign financing for years, and it has been a major piece of the Senate Democrats» agenda.

The goo - goos are again calling for widespread reforms, including creation of a voluntary system of public campaign financing, lowering of the contribution limits and full disclosure of independent expenditures.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was disappointed the state budget doesn't include the Dream Act or establish a fuller system of public campaign finance, but suggested there was little he could do to swing support for either measure in the State Senate.

Wisneski lives near Eldridge's new Shokan home, and said they met briefly while advocating for a statewide system of public campaign finance.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

ALBANY — A top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo called progressive criticism of the just - passed budget «very silly» and «short - sighted,» and offered some harsh words for good - government groups upset that the budget compromise disbands a special anti-corruption commission and offers only a limited system of public campaign finance.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

When asked about a statewide plan to adopt «a system of public campaign financing in New York that would limit the size of political contributions to candidates and use state money to match smaller contributions made to candidates for state offices,» 59 percent of voters backed the idea and only 36 percent opposed it.

The governor's proposals — including a system of public campaign finance for all statewide offices as well as the Assembly and Senate — did not advance in the final days of the legislative session.

A political action committee associated with Jonathan Soros is prepared to spend millions of dollars against Republican state senators on Long Island if state lawmakers don't approve a system of public campaign finance.

She is writing a book on political corruption, and became involved in the campaign to create a system of public campaign finance several months ago.

Two Democratic victories would be necessary to (perhaps) assemble the votes for a system of public campaign finance, which Cuomo has been advocating for in the face of Republican resistance (slightly disingenuously, some charge) for several years.

The governor and legislators agreed to try out a system of public campaign financing with this year's race for state comptroller.

We know that the public interest would be better served if out elected officials were able to run for office using a system of public campaign finance like New York City's.»

By a 55 - 31 percent margin, likely voters support creating a system of public campaign financing in New York.

«Like you, we agree that in order to truly give Albany a «clean bill of health,» a system of public campaign finance along with other campaign finance reforms including lower contribution limits, closing loopholes and strong but fair enforcement, must be enacted.»

«The Senate has been a problem on many of these [progressive] items,» Cuomo said in the video address to the W.F.P., citing a desire for a higher minimum wage, a system of public campaign finance and college tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo has since walked back his rhetoric, though it basically scuttled hopes that Cuomo's major end - of - session priorities, like a system of public campaign finance.

Cuomo included a system of public campaign finance in his executive budget — an unprecedented move that was lauded by good - government groups — as did Democrats who dominate the Assembly.

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 60 - second spot released today is built around a speech Cuomo gave last year urging the adoption of a system of public campaign finance.

ALBANY — Advocates of a system of public campaign finance are shifting their focus from the State Senate to Governor Andrew Cuomo in the final weeks of budget negotiations.

Several lawmakers did issue statements Monday calling for a full - time Legislature, and in some cases, a system of public campaign finance that is loved by Democrats and big labor unions but which has become the partisan albatross that bolloxed reform efforts for the last half decade.

Democrats in the Senate will advance picture - perfect bills alongside good - government advocates, who will demand that a system of public campaign finance be part of any package.

The initiative would enact a relatively small property levy to fund a system of public campaign financing in local elections.

ALBANY — Aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and commissioners of the anti-corruption panel he appointed may take plans for a system of public campaign finance and propose them as a constitutional amendment, according to a source familiar with discussions between the commission and the administration.

Many W.F.P. members said action on a system of public campaign finance could tip them in Cuomo's direction.

Earlier, negotiations placed more emphasis on Cuomo delivering a system of public campaign finance, which was looking increasingly impossible with the State Senate's current configuration.

Friends of Democracy, a PAC backed by Jonathan Soros to push for a system of public campaign finance, filed discrete reports with both JCOPE and the State Board of Elections.

Schneiderman said he hopes it includes recommendations for a system of public campaign finance and early voting.

It simply says that the Senate intends to «modify» Governor Cuomo's proposal to «adopt a system of public campaign finance.»

In 2013, he proposed changes to bribery laws and a system of public campaign finance after federal prosecutors arrested two state senators and an Assembly member.

The unions and Cuomo are prepared to publicly agitate for Democratsto take control of the State Senate if there's no deal reached on a broader system of public campaign finance, which many in the institutional left see as necessary to combat court decisions that have open floodgates of spending by the rich.

Cuomo proposes to extend a system of public campaign finance to all statewide offices and legislative races, ban the use of campaign funds for personal expenses, require the disclosure of outside income and the clients who supported it and change the state Constitution to allow prosecutors to claw back the pensions of officials convicted of public corruption.

Last year's State Senate session ended with protests and arrests outside Klein's Capitol office, with demonstrators upset that he didn't use his alliance to win final votes on progressive bills they favored, including a system of public campaign finance and changes to the state's abortion laws.

The editorial called on the legislature and Governor Cuomo to immediately take action by reducing the individual contribution limits for state offices, closing the LLC loophole, and instituting a system of public campaign financing so that elected officials can «pay attention to small donors,» rather than just courting millionaire contributors.

The survey asked registered voters in the state whether they favor creating a «system of public campaign financing» that limits «the size of political contributions to candidates,» and uses «state money to match smaller contributions to candidates.»

Separately, a good - government advocate unloaded her frustration with Cuomo that a broader system of public campaign finance was rejected in place of a pilot program that applies to the state comptroller.

Voters also continue to strongly support increasing the minimum wage, and back the idea of creating a system of public campaign financing for the state, enacting the governor's Reproductive Health Act, and decriminalizing the public possession of up to 15 grams of marijuana.

Schneiderman has been touting his «End New York Corruption Now Act» that would create a system of public campaign financing, eliminate outside employment for legislators, extend legislative terms, and allow the AG to prosecute public corruption, among other things.

While both Cuomo and Assembly Democrats favor creating a system of public campaign financing, perhaps similar to New York City's, the Assembly did not specifically include that in its one - house and Senate Republicans in their one - house budget resolution again expressed opposition to taxpayer - funded campaigns.