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Business Council Leaders Contribute $1.9 Million to Senate Campaigns
Volunteers hit the streets on Saturday as part of a statewide door-to-door canvass called “Knock for the 99%” to build support for Fair Elections campaign finance reform. At 8 events across the State, volunteers
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Knock for the 99%
Click here to learn about our Knock for the 99% Day of Action and see how you can get involved!
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Senate Democrats Introduce Fair Elections Legislation
Today, Senate Democrats held a press conference announcing the introduction of two bills that would establish a publicly financed Fair Elections system for statewide and legislative campaigns. Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson introduced S7036,
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Now is the Time for Fair Elections
Today, an unprecedented coalition of groups – labor, faith, student, community, business, good government, and national – held a press conference in the Capitol outside the Senate lobby calling on legislators and Governor Cuomo
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Today’s Letters to the Editor in the New York Times
Today’s New York Times includes three great letters to the editor about money in politics. Two of the letters are in response to an Op-Ed by Linsay Mark Lewis, the former Finance Director for
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Fair Elections for New York Has a New Website
Earlier today, we launched a new website: fairelectionsny.org. It’s part of a major effort to enact public financing of elections in New York, supported not only by over 100 community, faith,and labor organizations across
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Money and Politics This Week
Crossposted from the Brennan Center for Justice’s ReformNY blog For more stories on an ongoing basis, follow the Twitter hashtag #moNeYpolitics New York Campaign Finance and Ethics News 1. The New York Times renewed its call
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New Research Review Shows Public Financing of Elections Benefits Communities and Candidates of Color
A new research review conducted by the Center for Working Families has shown that a system of public financing of elections in New York would have significant benefits for communities and candidates of color.
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New Group of Business Leaders Support Fair Elections
Yesterday, a large group of New York business and civic leaders, top executives at Fortune 500 companies, and former members of Congress announced their strong support for comprehensive campaign finance reform: Fair Elections. This
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Money and Politics This Week
Crossposted from the Brennan Center for Justice’s ReformNY blog For more stories on an ongoing basis, follow the Twitter hashtag #moNeYpolitics and #fairelex NY Campaign Finance 1. A new report issued by NYPIRG identifies a
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