Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA • Business Council of New York State • Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York • Community Service Society • Disabled in Action • New York Lawyers for the Public Interest • New York League of Conservation Voters • New York State Restaurant Association • NYPIRG Straphangers […]

STATEMENT FROM FAIR ELECTIONS FOR NEW YORK COALITION ON CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM IN NEW YORK NEW YORK – Last week, Newsday reported that lawmakers were attempting to propose changes to the state’s historic small donor matching fund program, also known as the Public Campaign Finance Program, in the FY2026 budget.  In […]

We’ve known since Roman times that lead is “injurious to the human system” (to quote the architect Vitruvius), but in 2025, New York State still has miles and miles of lead pipes, which the Albany Times Union wrote this week would cost $5 billion to replace. Elsewhere, the NYS Comptroller’s website also reports that 1,160 […]

We believe loopholes in state and NYC independent expenditures (IE) laws and rules severely undermine New York’s efforts to amplify small donors and increase transparency so as to reduce the influence of big money on NYS and NYC elections.  Unfortunately, current state and NYC laws and rules allow independent spenders to keep the existence of […]