There have been periodic efforts to overhaul Albany’s campaign finance system, which is considered among the nation’s weakest, including a push by Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2007.
But little momentum has been generated, despite the pleas of government watchdog groups, and the issue of charities giving to lawmakers’ campaign accounts has not received broad attention.
Charities Give to State Campaigns, Despite Law
There have been periodic efforts to overhaul Albany’s campaign finance system, which is considered among the nation’s weakest, including a push by Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2007.
But little momentum has been generated, despite the pleas of government watchdog groups, and the issue of charities giving to lawmakers’ campaign accounts has not received broad attention.