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Clean NY Government, Strong Democracy

August 21, 2019 Public Finance Commission Holds 1st Meeting Wednesday WXXI NPR
August 21, 2019 Public Finance Commission Holds First Meeting Wednesday WRVO NPR
August 21, 2019 Public Finance Commission Holds First Meeting Wednesday WSKG
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From the Blog
Clean NY Government, Strong Democracy

July 1, 2019 Less Than 1 in 4 Campaign Donations to 19 NYS Senate Democratic Leaders Are From People in Their Districts New Analysis of Campaign Contributions Finds: Less Than 1 in 4 Campaign Donations to 19 NYS Senate Democratic Leaders Are From People in Their Districts 5 Senators Received Less Than 10% of Their Contributions From In-District Residents; Senator Comrie Does Best With 53% Senate Leaders Must Now Appoint Members to Public Financing Commission and Introduce […]
June 21, 2019 End of Legislative Session Statement on Anti-Corruption, Democracy, FOIL and Authorities Accountability End of Legislative Session Statement Major Progress on Voting Little Progress on Clean Government and Curbing Business Subsidies Rushed and Counterproductive Action on MTA This past legislative session marked complete Democratic control of state government for the first time in a decade, and, for the first time, New York State legislature had both houses of […]
June 20, 2019 Reinvent Albany Supports 3 Bills Before City Council Strengthening Campaign Finance Laws Reinvent Albany Supports 3 Bills Before City Council Strengthening Campaign Finance Laws Bills Will: 1) Restrict Felons from Receiving Public Matching Funds 2) Ease Qualifying Thresholds for Candidates 3) Extend Doing Business Contribution Limits Reinvent Albany backed three bills heard by the New York City Council Governmental Operations committee today​ further strengthening the city’s campaign […]
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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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