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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Government reform activist Bill Samuels is calling on Gov. Cuomo to release and push for a specific campaign finance plan “immediately.”“What is he waiting for?” Samuels, the co-founder of Effective NY, said in a statement...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The financing of political campaigns in New York State is ugly. The contribution limits are so high and the rules so loose that grassroots campaigns not backed by big money rarely have any hope of succeeding. And now, the growing...
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Campaign finance — and ways to reform it, is shaping up as one of the stories of the day here. NYPIRG later this morning will put out an analysis of spending trends in the most recent campaign cycle and just now Senator Liz Krueger and Bill...
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Monday, January 7, 2013
ALBANY, N.Y. — An innovative proposal expected in the New York Legislature would take some revenue from casino promoters and opponents who spend millions in campaign contributions and create a fund designed to reduce the influence of money in...
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Monday, January 7, 2013
A state Senator and reform advocate Monday proposed generating revenue for campaign finance reform by charging licensing fees to casinos in New York, should they be allowed to operate in the state.
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Monday, January 7, 2013
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An innovative proposal expected in the New York Legislature would take some revenue from casino promoters and opponents who spend millions in campaign contributions and create a fund designed to reduce the influence of...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Thursday advocates for constitutional reform met in Albany to discuss the two amendments that will be before the legislature come January, and other way’s the state’s constitution could be updated. New Roosevelt Initiative founder Bill...
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Monday, October 22, 2012
This morning, The New York Times reported that affluent advocates of campaign finance reform planned to pour at least $600,000 into two key competitive state Senate races. Besides raising the profile of the issue in the 2012...
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