State Senator Myrie Wants ‘Big Money Kept out of Elections’
With the April 1 deadline looming and advocates demanding that public financing be included in the New York State budget, the Senate Elections Committee held a hearing on the reform…
Lawmakers Refute Assembly Democrats’ Concerns with Public Campaign Financing Proposal
As budget negotiations on campaign finance reform continue in Albany, Senator Zellnor Myrie, chair of the Senate Elections Committee, tackled the question of funding the program: “This is not a…
Public Financing of Elections is a Matter of Racial Justice (Op-Ed)
Monifa Bandele and Richard Wallace, members of the Leadership Team of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table, penned an op-ed encouraging Albany lawmakers to pass small donor public financing.…
New York needs public campaign financing now (Op-Ed)
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli authored an op-ed in the Daily News endorsing small donor public financing in New York state. In support of this commonsense reform DiNapoli writes, “We need to…
Campaign Finance Reform Supporters Tout Swing District Polls
A Global Strategy Group poll found that support for public financing in several New York congressional swing districts – NY 11 (Staten Island), NY 19 (Hudson Valley), and NY 22…
Baltimore Co. Council approves public campaign financing measure
Months after the city of Baltimore passed public financing via referendum, the Baltimore County Council voted 5-2 on a charter amendment to create a public financing system for county elections. …
Translation: The state budget must include public financing of elections (Op-Ed)
Co-Executive Director of Make the Road NY Javier Valdés urges state lawmakers to include small donor public financing in the FY 2020 budget. He writes (originally in Spanish, translated to…
Advocates of public financing track legislative positions
On Friday, the Fair Elections for New York coalition released a list of Assemblymembers and Senators who have previously indicated support for public financing, as well as those who support…
How to Challenge Albany’s Corrupt Culture (Editorial)
The New York Times editorial board encourages legislators in Albany to pass small donor public financing in this year’s budget. In response to Speaker Heastie’s concerns about whether the state…
Locals Rally for Education Funding and Campaign Finance Reform
Progressive organizations, including Indivisible Mohawk Valley and Central New York Citizen Action, rallied in front of the State Office Building in Utica. The groups are advocating for necessary reforms, like…