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Bill Bradley Joins New Yorkers In Support of Public Financing of Elections

Jia-Jia Zhu December 20, 2010 0

by Jessica Wisneski, Legislative Director In a Daily News Op-Ed, former New York Knick and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley calls on Governor-Elect Cuomo to get real about reform and to push hard on implementing

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An Agenda for New Yorkers

Charlie Albanetti December 14, 2010 0

by Charlie Albanetti, Communications Director On the day after Election Day, Karen Scharff sent a message to Citizen Action's members. One paragraph was particularly insightful:

As progressives, our best weapon in politics is our values

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Verizon’s Return On Investment Shows Need For Public Financing Of Campaigns

Jessica Wisneski December 13, 2010 0

by Jessica Wisneski, Legislative Director Our colleague in reform, Blair Horner of NYPIRG, might have said it best when he said, "The way you try to influence lawmakers in Albany is to be nice to

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Brennan Center Contacts Cuomo on Public Financing

Charlie Albanetti December 10, 2010 0

The Brennan Center for Justice – the organization that declared the New York State Legislature as “the most dysfunctional state legislature in the country,” recently sent a letter to Governor-Elect Cuomo to say that

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