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Common Cause New York is pleased to see Governor Cuomo's proposed bills to close the LLC loophole, but with ten session days left it's a race against time.

On February 22nd Common Cause New York sent a letter to the Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) and Campaign Finance Board (CFB) requesting an investigation into Mayor Bill de Blasio's 501 (c) 4 entity called the Campaign for One New York. Although the Mayor has shuttered the Campaign for One New York, there remain related issues, noted in the complaint that still warrant investigation.

Four days before former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos receives his sentence for public corruption, Common Cause/NY Executive Director, Susan Lerner joined with constituents of Senate District 2 to urge his replacement, Senator John Flanagan, to commit to ethics reform.

On the steps of City Hall in Manhattan today, dozens of advocates gathered to decry the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of voters in New York's primary elections held on Tuesday, April 19th.

Common Cause New York statement regarding New York's closed-shut primary and its resulting issues.

Common Cause New York issued statement regarding the proposed Dutchess County bond issue to fund the construction of a new large county jail.