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Times Union Op-Ed 2/4/2013 David Levine http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Publicly-financed-elections-good-business-4247596.php In 2012, corporations and businesses spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence elections across America, thanks to new freedoms granted by the Supreme Court. Some businesses went
Read More »Tkaczyk’s Campaign Finance Army Pushing On
Capital Tonight 1/23/13 Nick Reisman http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2013/01/tkaczyks-campaign-finance-army-pushing-on/ As she’s sworn in today as the newly minted senator from the 46th Senate District, Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk is showing no intention of demobilizing her army of supporters
Read More »Cuomo’s Clean Elections Choice
The Nation 1/22/13 Katrina vanden Heuvel http://www.thenation.com/blog/172346/cuomos-clean-elections-choice# One of the last results from Election Day 2012 is also one of the sweetest. Running in a district gerrymandered by Republicans, grassroots candidate Cecilia Tkaczyk scored
Read More »Lawmakers scrambling to raise funds ahead of Cuomo’s promised campaign reform
New York Post 1/21/13 Carl Campanile http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/pols_mad_cash_dash_BJWfFmIE9vHnXeUndsyevM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local State lawmakers are scrambling to rake in as much cash as possible before Gov. Cuomo’s overhaul of campaign laws is enacted. Cuomo’s proposal would target Albany’s “pay-to-play”
Read More »Campaign Finance Reform Advocate Defeats Right Wing Millionaire In NY Senate Race
Think Progress 1/18/2013 Josh Israel http://thinkprogress.org/election/2013/01/18/1469361/campaign-finance-reform-advocate-elected-ny-senate/ Progressive Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk has been elected to the New York State Senate over former Assemblyman George Amedore (R), after a successful court challenge led to the counting
Read More »City political campaigns could become members-only affairs
New York World 1/17/13 Beth Morrissey http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2013/01/17/members-only/ The city’s Campaign Finance Board found itself outnumbered Wednesday when its executive director testified at a City Council hearing about legislation that would revise the board’s rules on campaign
Read More »Andrew Cuomo, Campaign Finance Reformers See 2013 As The Year For Change In New York
Huffington Post 1/11/13 Paul Blumenthal http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/andrew-cuomo-campaign-finance-reform_n_2457339.html In each of his three State of the State addresses, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has given increasing levels of detail to his support for campaign finance
Read More »Cuomo pushes NY campaign finance reform – again
Wall Street Journal 1/10/13 http://online.wsj.com/article/APf3d64fd1f3004734b2d20fe39cde8655.html Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making a priority of campaign finance reform just as he and much of Albany have bulked up with campaign fundraisers that have brought in millions
Read More »Debate Over Campaign Finance Reform Continues
NY1 1/10/13 Courtney Gross http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/political_news/175284/debate-over-campaign-finance-reform-continues As the race for City Hall heats up, the Campaign Finance Board and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are squabbling over how groups can spend money to influence the
Read More »A pre-session push on campaign finance reform
Rochester City Paper 12/19/12 Jeremy Moule http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/a-pre-session-push-on-campaign-finance-reform/Content?oid=2165383 Ted O’Brien isn’t seated in the State Senate yet, but he’s already joining fellow Democrats calling for campaign finance reform. Specifically, he’s backing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal,
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