The recently appointed members of the state’s Public Campaign Financing Commission are getting organized to tackle the task ahead of them: designing a small donor public financing system for New…
The work of the New York State Public Campaign Financing Commission is “a massive project and shift for New York, with the goal of setting up a system incentivizing politicians…
The Fair Elections for New York coalition sent a letter to Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders in Albany this week with recommendations to guide the proceedings of the New York…
“Structural change to New York State’s campaign finance system is crucial,” observes author and historian Chris McNickle. To address many of the issues facing New Yorkers – from affordable housing…
In New York state, big donors play an outsized role in financing campaigns. Taking a step toward changing this status quo, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders announced their appointments to…
The appointment of the nine members to the public financing commission was an “important step” toward reforming campaign finance in Albany, writes New York Public Interest Research Group’s Blair Horner.…
New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Chair of the Senate Elections Committee, commended Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ appointments to the state’s public financing commission. He observed, “With Ms. Getachew’s…
On Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders of the legislature appointed the members to the nine-person commission responsible for making recommendations on a statewide public financing system by December 1,…