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Campaign Finance Reform Not Lost in 2008 Legislative Session: Assembly bill a strong step forward in fight for public funding of campaigns (CANY, release date 6/18/08)
On Wednesday, the New York State Assembly passed A.11507 sponsored by Speaker Sheldon Silver. The bill would institute a voluntary public campaign finance system for statewide, legislative and constitutional convention delegate races in New York. The legislation combines elements of Speaker Silver’s former matching funds public financing legislation and the Clean Elections style of public financing represented in S.7175a sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith.
Victims of Health Care System Tell Their Stories at People’s Public Hearing
Patients, Organizations Call for Action on Universal Health Care (PPEF, release date 5/28/08)
Health insurance consumers testified in Albany today before a panel of state officials and legislators about their personal experiences with a broken health care system, and made recommendations as to how to fix the system in order to deliver quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers. The “People’s Public Hearing” was sponsored by Health Care for All New York (HCFANY), a new coalition of over 50 organizations that is urging the Governor and the Legislature to develop and enact an affordable health care program covering all New Yorkers.
Poll results show overwhelming support for Clean Elections
(PPEF, release date 4/28/08)
In a new poll, New Yorkers of all political stripes show overwhelming support for public financing of elections for statewide and legislative offices, even in tough times for the State budget. Click here for a summary of the poll results. Click here for the full poll results.
