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Citizen Action wants to end ‘Pay to Play’
Legislative Gazette Albany, NY A report entitled New Yorkers Pay When Big Money Plays: The Case for Public Financing of Elections was released today by Citizen Action of New York. The report analyzes how campaign contributions affect
Read More »New Report Favors Public Financing of NY Elections
WAMC Albany, NY As the New York State Senate begins a process of seeking public comment on the shape of "public financing elections legislation," Citizen Action of New York is out with a report that finds
Read More »Paterson proposes ethics reform overhaul
Elmira Star-Gazette Elmira, NY By Jay Gallagher Albany Bureau Chief ALBANY - In the wake of several scandals, including one involving the state ethics- oversight agency, Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday proposed setting up a new ethics panel
Read More »Big Businesses Blocking Citizens’ Benefits?
Fox 40 WICZ Binghamton, NY Do campaign contributions from big corporate industries affect legislation? Well, a recently released report from citizen action says big money makes contributions that block legislation that benefits citizens. On Tuesday, protestors stood in
Read More »Citizen Action Calls for Finance Reform on the Campaign Trail
News Channel 34 - ABC/NBC Binghamton, NY Citizen Action is pushing for campaign finance reform. It wants public financing for candidates. Citizen Action says contributions by some industries and corporations influence politicians. In a report called "New Yorkers Pay
Read More »Activists protest state campaign financing
News 10 Now Binghamton, NY BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- New York needs to stop pay-to-play politics, some Binghamton activists say. Members of Citizen Action picketed outside of the State Building in Binghamton Tuesday to protest the way New
Read More »Pioneering (and Very Young) Elected Official Calls for Public Financing of NY Campaigns
Booklyn Ron (blog) Binghamton, NY (Brooklyn, NY) Lea Webb is the first African American elected to the City Council in Bhinghamton, in upstate New York. Only 28 years old, she's making a name for herself taking on
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