New York
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Jun12
Alec Baldwin, Other Celebrities Push for Fair Elections in New York
A number of celebrities are speaking out about their support for Fair Elections in New York. Alec Baldwin joined Jason Alexander, Kathleen Turner, and Kathryn Erbe in calling on politicians in Albany to pass Fair Elections.
Mr. Baldwin's message for elected officials in New York: "It's time to stop talking about cleaning up Albany and start doing it. Pass Fair Elections for New York and don't come home without it."
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Jun10
Turning Up the Heat in New York
A bipartisan group of advocates is putting the pressure on the four-member Senate Independent Democratic Conference in New York. A full-page advertisement appeared in The Journal-News today encouraging their support for public financing before the end of the legislative session on June 20.
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Apr09
NYT: Public Financing Required to Fight Corruption
The New York Times is out with an editorial today on what reform in Albany must look like in the wake of yet another wave or corruption in New York politics. It's simple: changing Albany and fighting corruption requires public financing of elections.
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Mar12
Cuomo to Activists: Fair Elections “one of the most important issues to complete”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke on a telephone town hall last night with about 1,350 grassroots activists, signaling his strong support for campaign finance reform, saying "Campaign finance is a way to tell the people of this state and this country: It's your government. You own it. Literally." The Governor called campaign finance reform “one of the most important issues to complete” in the rest of New York’s legislative session this year.
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Mar12
Clips round up for 3/12/2013
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke on a telephone town hall last night with about 1,350 grassroots activists, signaling his strong support for campaign finance reform, saying "Campaign finance is a way to tell the people of this state and this country: It's your government. You own it. Literally." The Governor called campaign finance reform “one of the most important issues to complete” in the rest of New York’s legislative session this year.
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Mar08
Gov. Cuomo speaks with business leaders about need for Fair Elections reform
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a great speech to business leaders in New York City today about the need to create a small-donor driven campaign finance system in New York State. Below's a recap of tweets from the event:
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Mar05
How April In New York Can Change The Country
Public Campaign Action Fund board member Zephyr Teachout had this piece in the Huffington Post last night, which discusses how the campaign to bring Fair Elections to New York State can change the big money landscape all over the country.
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Feb28
Clips round up for 2/28/2013
Justice Scalia was really being Justice Scalia yesterday at oral arguments for the challenge to Section 5: he called it "perpetuation of a racial entitlement" that Congress would never overturn because the name of the bill sounded nice. Sotomayor fired back to the lawyer: "Do you think the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?"
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Jan18
BREAKING NY NEWS: Strong Fair Elections Supporter Prevails in Critical State Senate Race
This morning Fair Elections supporter Cecilia Tkaczyk officially became the newest state senator in New York, after all the votes were finally counted. Cecilia Tkaczyk's victory is a major boost to the campaign for publicly financed Fair Elections in New York.
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Jan11
Clips round up for 1/11/2013
I've got your perfect Washington influence story here: Drywall safety bill passed by Congress was watered down by the industry so that *voluntary* safety regulations are decided by a committee of drywall manufacters and homebuilders. Congress pats itself on back.