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New York's Dubious Distinction

By Katie Schlieper
Created Jul 21 2006 - 9:33am

The Brennan Center for Justice has declared [1] New York's campaign finance laws among the worst in the country, riddled with loopholes, choked with unregulated "soft money" and geared towards sky-high incumbency protection.

 

The Assembly has introduced a full public financing bill but it hasn't gone further than that - to get involved in the public financing fight in the state, use our "What's Your State Doing" map tool [1] to find contact information.



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