by Communications Team | Feb 16, 2012 | Fair Elections
Yesterday, a large group of New York business and civic leaders, top executives at Fortune 500 companies, and former members of Congress announced their strong support for comprehensive campaign finance reform: Fair Elections. This is a significant development in the...
by Communications Team | Feb 10, 2012 | Fair Elections
Crossposted from the Brennan Center for Justice’s ReformNY blog For more stories on an ongoing basis, follow the Twitter hashtag #moNeYpolitics and #fairelex NY Campaign Finance 1. A new report issued by NYPIRG identifies a “core group” of 127 donors who each...
by Communications Team | Feb 3, 2012 | Fair Elections
Crossposted from the Brennan Center for Justice NY Campaign Finance: 1. Today, over 100 organizations that support Fair Elections for New York wrote Governor Cuomo detailing the need for publicly financed campaigns, lower contribution limits, and better...
by Communications Team | Feb 3, 2012 | Fair Elections
Today, a large group of diverse organizations that support Fair Elections for New York sent a letter to Governor Cuomo detailing the need for publicly financed campaigns, lower contribution limits, and better enforcement, and thanking the Governor for his strong...
by Communications Team | Jan 25, 2012 | Fair Elections
Tomorrow, Citizen Action of New York City’s Board Chair Tè Revesz is hosting an online seminar about Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allows unrestricted corporate contributions to political candidates. The show begins at 2pm on January...
by Communications Team | Jan 23, 2012 | Fair Elections
In today’s Times Union, James Odato reported some of the top contributors to New York campaigns in last six months of 2011 – including one man who donated over $500,000 to the Conservative Party. But the real money quote (pun intended) is this: Verizon...
by Communications Team | Jan 20, 2012 | Fair Elections
Cross-posted from the Brennan Center. For more stories on an ongoing basis, follow the Twitter hashtag #moNeYpolitics NY Campaign Finance News 1. Gov. Cuomo renewed his support for public campaign financing in New York in his recent State of the State address, calling...
by Communications Team | Jan 16, 2012 | Fair Elections
A new poll by Siena Research Institute was just released showing that 74% of New Yorkers support Governor Cuomo’s proposal for public financing of elections and lower campaign contribution limits that he included in his State of the State address. Click here to...
by Communications Team | Jan 9, 2012 | Fair Elections
Earlier today, Citizen Action joined with dozens of allies to announce our new plan to reform our corporate tax system – a plan that if enacted would save New York State over $1 billion. For the policy wonks among us, here’s some detail about the plan....
