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Albany scandals spur call for public campaign financing
WBFO Mike Desmond 5/14/13 http://news.wbfo.org/post/albany-scandals-spur-call-public-campaign-financing With indictments mounting amid accusations of public corruption, Albany once again has become a glaring example of all that is wrong with politics. But some see it as an
Read More »Independent Democrats push campaign finance reform in wake of scandals
Buffalo News Robert McCarthy 5/13/13 http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20130513/CITYANDREGION/130519610/1026 As a long line of state legislators faces indictments and possibly prison time for a host of infractions, a key group of senators believes that the corruption developments
Read More »NYPIRG: 100,000 campaign violations in 2 years
Legislative Gazette Clara A. Smith 5/13/13 http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2013-05-13-83754.113122-NYPIRG-100000-campaign-violations-in-2-years.html The New York Public Interest Research Group found more than 100,000 violations of New York state’s campaign finance system — all in just the last two years.
Read More »Edge of a fiscal cliff: Is future of local education in danger?
UTICA-OD 5/13/13 Keshia Clukey http://www.uticaod.com/news/x886450726/On-the-edge-of-a-fiscal-cliff-Future-of-education-in-danger?zc_p=0 Classrooms crowded with more than 30 students. No electives or advanced placement classes. No sports or music. This is the future for some local schools if finances continue on
Read More »NY corruption: IDC drums up support for campaign finance reform
Newsday Sarah Armaghan 5/11/13 http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/ny-corruption-idc-drums-up-support-for-campaign-finance-reform-1.5243655 Eager to pass campaign finance reform by the end of the legislative session in June, members of the Independent Democratic Conference are making their rounds throughout the state, holding
Read More »Advocate outraged at being barred from campaign finance public hearing
Post-Standard Joan Mandle 05/10/2013 http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2013/05/advocate_outraged_at_being_bar.html#incart_river To the Editor: I am outraged that Sen. John DeFrancisco was part of a Senate hearing on public campaign financing that refused to allow members of the public into the Albany
Read More »WAMC: IDC Takes Proposed Campaign Finance Bill On The Road
WAMC Allison Dunne May 9, 2013 link to audio: http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wamc/audio/2013/05/adunne_5-9_idchearing_0.mp3 A group of New York state Senators held a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed campaign finance reform bill. They say with the most recent lawmaker names
Read More »Protesters, shut out of hearing, throw cash
Times Union Jimmy Vielkind 5/8/13 http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Protesters-shut-out-of-election-finance-hearing-4495806.php They came in through the hearing room window, pitching dollar bills. As Senate Republicans convened a hearing to air criticisms of public campaign financing, protesters organized by labor and
Read More »Supporters of public campaign financing say they were shut out of Senate hearing in Albany
Post Standard Teri Weaver 5/7/13 http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/supporters_of_public_campaign.html Seven government watchdog groups filed a complaint today with New York’s Committee on Open Government charging the public was barred from a Senate hearing on campaign financing. New
Read More »Fighting for fair elections
WBNG Brandi Bailey 5/7/13 http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Fighting-for-fair-elections-206488701.html Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Members of Citizen Action are fighting for fair elections and public financing. The group rallied outside of the State Office Building asking State Senator Tom
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