As legislators return to Albany after their post-budget recess, the Fair Elections for New York campaign is welcoming them back with this shiny new billboard on I-787. If you’re driving by, check it out!

“After a week of arrests and resignations, New Yorkers need to know that their elected officials are ready to work to pass systemic reform in response to systemic failures of our election laws. “That’s why the Fair Elections for New York campaign welcomes Senator Jeff Klein and the IDC to the growing bipartisan majority of [...]

For Immediate Release: April 4, 2013 Contact: Morgan Hook, 301-801-6949, mhook@skdknick.com New Yorkers want and deserve a government they can believe in. But the latest arrests and resignations will only deepen a crisis of confidence and widen the gulf between the people and their government. New Yorkers will read today’s news, and they will feel [...]

For Immediate Release: April 2, 2013 Contact: Morgan Hook, 301-801-6949, mhook@skdknick.com Statement from the Fair Elections for New York Campaign New Yorkers don’t need another scandal to know that big money has a corrupting influence in politics. The real scandal is that so many regular New Yorkers will read tomorrow’s papers, and will check out [...]

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This morning, the Siena Research Institute released a new poll showing that 61% of New Yorkers support a system of citizen funded elections. This is an increase from the 59% support indicated in Siena’s January 17th poll. In total, 61% of voters indicated support in response to this statement: “Creating a system of public campaign [...]

To: Interested Parties From: Dan Cantor, WFP Executive Director Karen Scharff, Citizen Action of New York Executive Director Re: Tkaczyk State Senate Victory Date: 1/17/13 For more information, contact Charlie Albanetti at 518.595.9047 or Joe Dinkin at 978.223.5868 If Cecilia Tkaczyk is seated as New York’s state Senator in the 46th district, her victory will [...]

Early this morning, Siena released a new poll that measured New Yorker’s support for initiatives that Governor Cuomo announced in his State of the State. The poll shows that 59% of New Yorkers support publicly financed Fair Elections. The last time Siena polled on this question, last August, there was only 55% support. It’s clear [...]

Citizens Union Commends Governor Cuomo for Expansive Reform and Transparency Agenda in State of the State Address Campaign Finance  Citizens Union commends Governor Cuomo for again making the case for campaign finance reform in his annual State of the State address. New York State has lax campaign finance restrictions, and funding of campaigns in the state is dominated by the influence of special interests. [...]

Statement from Friends of Democracy Co-Founder Jonathan Soros “At the conclusion of 2012, Governor Cuomo rightly called for serious changes to our campaign finance laws during this year’s legislative session. I was pleased to be in Albany today for Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address, in which he took the first steps to that [...]