Posted on 03/31/2019 6:34:58 PM PDT by lowbridge
Taxpayers will be on the hook to fund state political campaigns under Albany’s new budget.
It establishes a commission to “implement public campaign financing for legislative and statewide offices,” Gov. Cuomo said.
It also authorizes spending up to $100 million annually in taxpayers’ money.
“The commission will determine specific aspects of the public financing system, including eligibility thresholds, public financing limits, and contribution limits for participating candidates,” Cuomo said.
Its recommendations must be submitted by Dec. 1, and lawmakers will get 20 days to accept or reject them.
If the Assembly and Senate can’t decide, the panel’s decisions will automatically become law.
“We will rue the day this is passed. Right now, a lot of people are upset,” said Assemblyman Bobby Carroll (D-Brooklyn), an ardent supporter of public financing but no fan of the new commission.
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The insanity continues.....
They just never stop robbing us.
California and NewYork are being destroyed. If Wall Street is smart they will find a way to relocate
Scumbags don’t stop do they
The republicans used to control the majority of the state senate, which helped to prevent many of the democrats schemes. But last election the democrats won the majority of the state senate and now they’re implementing their fondest leftist ideas. Wont be long before ny state resembles venezuela.
...free and fair elections.
Their goal is to run the table by rigging elections to get enough Dem peeps in, confiscate election fairness, and see to it that elections will be forevermore meaningless.
California and New York were once the grand states of the Union and now are a failure.
Sick. No person or party unacceptable to bureaucrats and the deep state will get money
Yes now the New York Communist Party demands that you find it not only their stupid programs but their campaigns as well
And sorry you stupid tax paying moron let- you don’t have a vote on it
If Wall Street were smart they would relocate to Texas or FL. and tell NY to F off!!! WHY or WHAT says the stock exchange has to be in NY change can be GREAT for everyone!!! Aside from the fact the peop’e working for the stock exchange could actually have a decent cost of living elsewhere!!!
Just now they’re voting on Cuomo getting a pay raise.
no words left.
I feel beat up after all the new laws.
Hack the voters did not even know about this until Sunday night when the budget was passed.
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