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On Eve of Citizens United Anniversary, New Yorkers Call for Public Financing to Return Elections to the 99%
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK For Immediate Release: January 20, 2012 Contact: Charlie Albanetti On Eve of Citizens United Anniversary, New Yorkers Call for Public Financing to Return Elections to the 99% Albany, NY – Saturday,
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New York, NY – In advance of the Saturday anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has launched a campaign urging citizens to join him in demanding
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Almost all of the campaign finance stories many of us have heard about lately have to do with super-PACs, billionaire casino moguls, and a debate about whether corporations are people
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Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York, said timing helps, too. The Occupy Wall Street movement, and its Albany contingent that had targeted Cuomo when he opposed a millionaire tax, has
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The Campaign Finance Institute estimates the state would need to spend $140 million over a four year election cycle. Karen Scharff with the government reform group Citizen Action says that’s not a lot of
Read More »Public financing of campaigns on the agenda?
Activists said they anticipate Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will advocate public financing of elections as part of his State of the State address, slated for Tuesday
Read More »For Public Financing Reform, All Eyes on New York State
Huffington Post Albany According to Jessica Wisneski, Legislative and Campaign Director of Citizen Action of New York, New York State is in an ideal position to enact legislation for the public financing of statewide elections. And,
Read More »Nicole M. Jowsey: Public financing would return ownership to voters
BuffaloNews Buffalo t has become obvious that the way people are elected to office influences the policy decisions that they make after they take their oath. This view is held by left-wing liberals as well as
Read More »The Capitol Pressroom for March 2, 2011
The Capitol Pressromm Albany A lyricist writing a musical about the current legislative session could call it, “Cuomo Get Your Ax”. The show’s break-out hit could be a duet between the Governor and Mayor Bloomberg called
Read More »Governor should promote public financing of elections
Buffalo News Buffalo Kudos to The Buffalo News for its support of public financing of elections in New York State. For too long, legislative decisions have been made based on the desires of major donors to
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