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Corporate Cash, Personal Wealth: Randy Altschuler’s Campaign Funding and What it Means for Long Island
2010 – October 26 Corporate Cash, Personal Wealth: Randy Altschuler’s Campaign Funding and What it Means for Long Island (click to download PDF) Voters in New York’s First Congressional District, on the east end
Read More »New Yorkers Pay When Big Money Plays: The Case for Public Financing of Elections
2009 – May 26 New Yorkers Pay When Big Money Plays: The Case for Public Financing of Elections (click to download PDF) This report adds to the mounting evidence that the influence of campaign
Read More »The High Cost of “Pay-to-Play”: Health Insurance Contributions Drive Up Insurance Rates
2008 – September The High Cost of “Pay-to-Play”: Health Insurance Contributions Drive Up Insurance Rates (click to download PDF) Ever since the release of a 2004 report by the respected Brennan Center for Justice,
Read More »Sweeney For Sale: Top 10 Times John Sweeney Has Sold New Yorkers Out for Special Interest Money
2006 – October 24 Sweeney For Sale: Top 10 Times John Sweeney Has Sold New Yorkers Out for Special Interest Money (click to download PDF) Congressman Sweeney: Bought by the Special Interests #1. Big
Read More »NY Congressman Jim Walsh: Darling of Agribusiness; Danger to Safe Foods
2006 – October 23 NY Congressman Jim Walsh: Darling of Agribusiness; Danger to Safe Foods (click to download PDF) With the E. coli contamination of spinach that sent almost 200 people to the hospital
Read More »Walsh For Sale: Top 5 Times Jim Walsh Has Sold New Yorkers Out for Special Interest Money
2006 – October 24 Walsh For Sale: Top 5 Times Jim Walsh Has Sold New Yorkers Out for Special Interest Money (click to download PDF) Congressman Walsh: Bought by the Special Interests #1. Big
Read More »Pay to Play in Nassau County
2006 – June 21 Pay to Play in Nassau County (click to download PDF) In October of 2000, shortly before the election for Nassau County Executive, the Long Island Progressive Coalition released a report
Read More »Pay to Play? Campaign Contributions to Governor Pataki and Funds from the Empire State Development Corporation
2002 – October Pay to Play? Campaign Contributions to Governor Pataki and Funds from the Empire State Development Corporation State authorities such as the Power Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Read More »Real Campaign Reform? An Analysis of George Pataki, H. Carl McCall and Tom Golisano’s Campaign Reform Proposals
2002 – September Real Campaign Reform? An Analysis of George Pataki, H. Carl McCall and Tom Golisano’s Campaign Reform Proposals (click to download PDF) It is clear that New York’s electoral system is deeply
Read More »The Money Marathon: Big Bucks and the Race for Governor of New York
2001 – December The Money Marathon: Big Bucks and the Race for Governor of New York (click to download PDF) The 2002 race for Governor in New York is shaping up to be another
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