Category Archives: Media Releases

18 Aug

Bill Samuels to Andrew Cuomo: Drop Your Support of Republican Redistricting

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Bill Samuels to Andrew Cuomo: Drop Your Support of Republican Redistricting Samuels FOILs Cuomo’s Role in Developing Ballot Language for November, and Says Cuomo Can’t Call Himself a Democrat if He Continues to Stand with Republicans on Redistricting New York, NY- Bill Samuels, a top Democratic activist who founded EffectiveNY, today called on Governor Cuomo

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15 Apr

Bill Samuels: The WFP Convention Proved that Standing Up to Governor Cuomo Works

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*Samuels Refuses to Endorse Cuomo, Praises Progressive Leaders for their Courage, and Says Cuomo Deserves a Democratic Primary Challenge* New York, New York—Bill Samuels, a top Democratic activist and founder of EffectiveNY, released the following detailed statement today: “I applaud the leaders of the Working Families Party, especially Karen Scharff, Dan Cantor and Bill Lipton,

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06 Mar

John Sullivan is EffectiveNY’s Man Upstate

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Democratic gadfly Bill Samuels has named John T. Sullivan Jr., a former state Deputy Medicaid Inspector General and mayor of Oswego, as “upstate director” of EffectiveNY, Samuels’ progressive advocacy group. First up for Sullivan: promoting a full state takeover of the non-federal share of Medicaid by switching the revenue stream from local property taxes to

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26 Jan

Bill Samuels Encourages Moreland Commision To Ask Top Campaign Fundraising Officials For Governor Cuomo And Statewide Elected Officials to Testify About How Money is Raised From Corporations, LLCs And Major Individual Donors Who Do Business with New York State

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Albany, NY— In a continued effort to paint the full picture of how campaign donations intersect with governing in New York State , good government reform advocate Bill Samuels, co-founder of EffectiveNY, (effectiveny.org) urged the commission to solicit public testimony from the top campaign fundraising officials to Governor Cuomo and other statewide elected officials and

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26 Jan

EffectiveNY Blasts Cuomo on Campaign Finance Reform: The Reality of His Growing Number of Corporate Donors Contradicts His Rhetoric and Undermines His Credibility

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Cuomo Given a Blunt Ultimatum Today: Put Small Donor Matching Funds in the Budget or Rename Your Administration Cuomo INC., In Honor of All the Corporate Donors Funding Your Re-Election New York, NY—EffectiveNY, a progressive good-government organization, came out swinging against Governor Cuomo today, and gave him a blunt ultimatum: either put small donor matching

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