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Clean NY Government, Strong Democracy

November 14, 2019 Latest News From The Times Union Capitol Bureau Times Union
November 13, 2019 Under Proposal, Taxpayer Funds Could Match Big Campaign Donations Times Union
November 6, 2019 Cuomo Racks up Campaign Cash as State Considers Donor Limit New York Post
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From the Blog
Clean NY Government, Strong Democracy

November 4, 2019 Reinvent Albany Supports Doing-Business Restrictions Discussed by Public Financing Commission Reinvent Albany Supports Doing-Business Restrictions Discussed by Public Financing Commission Watchdog Group Responds to Commission’s Deliberations at Meeting in Buffalo Reinvent Albany called on the Public Financing Commission to establish dramatically lower contribution limits for donors doing business with the state in a letter sent in response to the Commission’s public meeting in Buffalo last […]
October 31, 2019 Watchdog to Commission: Create Independent Campaign Finance Board and Agency Outside the BOE Reinvent Albany Calls on Commission to Move Campaign Finance Administration and Enforcement to Separate Agency Outside of NYS Board of Elections Agrees With SBOE Testimony on Some Compliance Unit Reforms Responding to testimony from the Board of Elections on October 22nd, Reinvent Albany sent a letter to the Public Financing and Elections Commission today asking […]
October 29, 2019 Fair Elections Says Public Financing Commission is Creating a Weak Public Matching Program and Must Reverse Course FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ​Monday, October 28, 2019 Contact: ​press@fairelectionsny.org Fair Elections Campaign to Commission: Don’t Create Weak, Unworkable Public Financing Program 200+ Group Coalition Calls on Commission to Reverse Course to Create “Model for Nation” Program that Amplifies the Voice of Everyday New Yorkers Buffalo, NY – Concerned that a series of preliminary decisions by […]
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Reports and Policy Briefs
Clean NY Government, Strong Democracy

July 2019 Less Than 1 in 4 Campaign Donations to 19 NYS Senate Democratic Leaders Are From People in Their Districts An analysis of donations to NYS Democratic Leaders shows few donations from their constituents
May 2019 Only 16% of Campaign Donations to Assembly Leadership Are From People in Their Districts An analysis of campaign contributions to Assembly leaders finds few are from constituents
November 2015 State Integrity Investigation 2015 Corruption Risk Survey In 2015, NY State received a D- grade from the State Integrity Investigation based on the questions in this spreadsheet. https://publicintegrity.org/accountability/new-york-gets-d-grade-in-2015-state-integrity-investigation/
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