Legislature and Governor’s Furtive Weakening of Public Campaign System, Postponement of Outside Income Caps Is Cynical, Anti-Democratic, and Self-Serving - Reinvent Albany

Legislature and Governor’s Furtive Weakening of Public Campaign System, Postponement of Outside Income Caps Is Cynical, Anti-Democratic, and Self-Serving - Reinvent Albany

We expect much better from Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie, and the Democrats who control New York’s budget and laws.  New York’s historic public campaign finance law system passed after years of extensive debate, nine public hearings and meetings, and countless other consultative meetings. Many details were publicly – often heatedly – debated in daylight.  We are disappointed by the contempt the…