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Good Government
New Report New York State oversight of doctors is weakening. NYPIRG, allies, call for support of Governor Paterson’s reforms.
Oversight report news release
Corporate Campaign Contributions
Member Items
Report: Subject to Influence: New York State Agency Contracting
Report Access Denied: The State of New York Government's Openness
NYPIRG’s DEMOCRACY PROJECT
New York Needs Better Elections
NYPIRG'S Campaign Finance Database
NYPIRG monitors New York State and local governments and issues reports
on special interest influence in Albany and New York City. In 1998, NYPIRG played a lead role in winning important
changes to New York City's campaign finance law, widely considered the
most comprehensive local reform program in the nation. In 1999, the
state's lobbying law was strengthened for the first time in 20 years,
thanks in large part to NYPIRG. This year NYPIRG is looking to create
a comprehensive gift ban in the Legislature to help reduce the influence
of special interests on policy. NYPIRG's good government project works
to increase voter registration, civic participation and voter choice
at the polls.
Election Reform Advocacy & The Help America Vote Act
NYPIRG plays a leading role in New York State to strengthen and protect
our right to vote. Chief among our work is the fight to ensure that
recent federal legislation — The Help America Vote Act
(HAVA) — is properly implemented in New York. The security
and accessibility of new voting machines and minimizing the regressive
impact of new ID checks for certain voters are just some of the issues
that we focus on through our role as co-conveners of the Citywide Coalition
for Voter Participation and through our work in the Citizen’s
Committee on HAVA Implementation.
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