ALBANY — Progressives on the Democratic State Committee are again pushing resolutions asking state lawmakers to pass “real” ethics reforms and for members of the Independent Democratic Conference to reunite with other Democrats in the state Senate.
The state committee will convene Monday in Saratoga, with the selection of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as the main order of business. The party is currently without a chair, and may fill that post during the conference.
The first resolution declares that “recent scandals have again highlighted the corrupting influence of money in New York politics,” and says “the pay-to-play culture of New York politics must end.” It asks officials to pass “meaningful campaign finance legislation.”
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the de-facto leader of the party, has proposed bills that seem to meet the Progressive Caucus’s demands, but in the final weeks of the legislative session has set his sights on other, less-controversial government reforms. Democrats in both the state Senate and Assembly have either sponsored or supported bills overhauling the campaign finance system that are non-starters for Republicans who control the state Senate. For the full article click here
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