Reinvent Albany thanks Governor Hochul for vetoing a controversial bill that would have severely weakened New York’s new public campaign finance system. Reinvent Albany strongly supports Governor Hochul’s veto, as do many other watchdog and voting rights groups and New York editorial boards.
We ask the Senate and the Assembly to be open-minded about the small-donor program and consider how it benefits them by boosting the power of their constituents’ contributions, and reducing candidates’ dependence on deep-pocketed special interests who seek to push them around.