The legislature will prioritize voting reform on its first day in session. In addition, the legislature plans to pass a measure to close the LLC loophole. Rich Azzopardi, a senior…
On the first day of the 2019 legislative session, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made state history: 2019 is the first year during which African…
Congressman John Sarbanes, one of the original sponsors of HR 1, writes that the legislation is “a bold and transformative reform bill that will return power to the people by…
People For the American Way (PFAW) and African American Ministers in Action (AAMIA) joined Fair Elections for New York in submitting a letter to Governor Cuomo endorsing a slate of…
Concerned residents, advocates, and elected officials from the lower Hudson Valley gathered in White Plains to express their support for democracy reforms, including a small-donor match public financing system for…
Support for public financing and other democracy reforms is spreading across the state. Citizen Action held a roundtable in Binghamton to discuss the benefits of legislation that would create a…
Advocates and elected officials gathered at the Capitol in Albany on Monday to push for small donor public financing and other reforms in New York. As Assemblywoman Pat Fahy said…
Members of the Fair Elections for New York coalition gathered for a press conference on the steps of Buffalo City Hall to voice concern over the status quo in New…
Blair Horner, Executive Director of New York Public Interest Research Group, notes that steps toward bold anti-corruption legislation are being taken both in Congress and in New York state. The…
Over fifty organizations with a national presence – including Common Cause, Greenpeace, Ben & Jerry’s, and the NAACP – sent Governor Cuomo a letter encouraging him to take action on…