The Nation editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel hit it on the head in her January 24th blog post, “Cuomo’s Reform Moment.” Everyone knows why we need a system of voter owned publicly financed elections in New York State and the country. The question is really: is there a leader strong enough, courageous enough, progressive enough and [...]

Recent polling shows huge majority of New Yorkers support public financing of elections to lessen influence of big money This Friday, January 21, 2011, marks the one-year anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. The Citizens United decision allowed corporate special interests to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections. [...]

The Poughkeepsie Journal published an editorial today that crossed out public financing of elections as an integral part of ethics reform for Albany. Their argument: “But it also means taxpayers would have to help candidates they might find detestable and an affront to their beliefs.” Our tax money inevitably contributes to policies with which we [...]

As Governor Cuomo ends his fourth day in office, New Yorkers are anticipating what his plans are for reforming New York’s government. Here at Citizen Action, we’re wondering if he’ll fulfill his campaign promise of public financing of elections. Public financing of elections is an essential part of any plan intended to clean up New [...]