New York Times
New York
Therese. R. Revesz
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/opinion/lweb16albany.html
To the Editor:
“Well, It’s a Start” (editorial, June 11), about the efforts of the New York State comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, to fix our broken system of campaign finance, gives me real hope that Albany can finally move toward voter-owned, publicly financed elections.
Until we change New York State’s campaign finance laws to a system of public financing of elections, money will matter more than ideas or experience in deciding elections, and the stream of Albany scandals will continue.
It is time to end pay-to-play politics in Albany, and the comptroller’s office is a good place to start.
Those of us who have spent years fighting for reform will always be disappointed until all campaigns are run free from the corrupting influence of big money, but if we must get there one office at a time, so be it.
Kudos to Comptroller DiNapoli for supporting reform, and volunteering his office as the first step. The governor and the Legislature should follow his lead and enact this bill before leaving town for the summer.
THERESE R. REVESZ
Chairwoman, Citizen Action
of New York City
New York, June 13, 2011
