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Cuomo and Heastie

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Gov. Cuomo and Speaker Heastie (file photo). The governor has repeatedly introduced a bill in the executive budget to create public financing of elections. But after years in which the Democratically-controlled Assembly supported campaign finance reform on a state level, Democrats finally won control of the State Senate in 2018, but the legislature failed to pass a public financing bill.

Kate Pastor

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Cuomo and Heastie

Flawed Process Could Mar State’s Campaign Finance Reform Effort

Kate Pastor | October 21, 2019

‘You’re asking the winners of the game to change the rules and that’s always a hard thing to do.’

Cuomo

Debate Over Fine Points of Campaign-Finance System as Deadline Nears

Kate Pastor | October 14, 2019

While commending Gov. Cuomo’s proposal for a voluntary matching system on the state level, many experts have also suggested that the governor’s blueprint requires significant changes to be successful.

campaign finance

City Campaign Finance System Charts Path—and Highlights Challenges—for State Reform

Kate Pastor | October 9, 2019

A look at some recent races illustrates the many successes of the New York City campaign finance system, as well as limitations that the new state system will also have to deal with. 

Election Watch 2018

We’ve Got Issues: The Candidates for Governor on Education

Kate Pastor | October 31, 2018

Do we need more charter schools? Should public colleges be free? What role should tests play in the lives of students and teachers? On these and other topics, here’s where the gubernatorial candidates stand.

Election Watch 2018

We’ve Got Issues: Criminal Justice and New York’s Race for Governor

Kate Pastor | October 30, 2018

From courtrooms to prisons, and from pot to parole, the four gubernatorial candidates stake out distinct positions on top criminal justice policy issues.

Election Watch 2018

From Bail to Jail: Cuomo vs. Nixon on Criminal Justice Policy

Kate Pastor | September 10, 2018

Cuomo has backed reforms to courtroom practices, policing and incarceration. Nixon has advocated for more aggressive changes.

election 2018

Cuomo vs. Nixon on Education Policy: Testing, Charters and Money Loom Large

Kate Pastor | September 10, 2018

The governor has shifted on several key education issues since taking office. Now he faces a long-time education advocate in the Democratic primary.

agriculture

Lawsuit Seeks to Win Organizing Rights for New York’s Farmworkers

Kate Pastor | July 7, 2017

A former dairy worker is leading the push to close a loophole in labor laws. Agriculture businesses claim farmworkers are trying an end run through the courts after repeatedly failing to make their case in the state legislature.

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Amidst Protests and Questions about Process, East Harlem Board Takes Vote on Rezoning

Kate Pastor | June 21, 2017

The board’s vote against the city’s proposal included the caveat that they’d accept a better rezoning that met certain conditions, but many protestors said there should be no rezoning at all.

campaign 2017

Advocates Hope That Food Issues Will Find a Place on City’s Campaign Table

Kate Pastor | June 7, 2017

Advocates hope access to healthy food, expanding school breakfast and ways to address hunger and the forces that drive it are issues that candidates for city office will be forced to discuss between now and Election Day.

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