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The New York City Campaign Finance Program: A Reform That Is Working, Nicole A. Gordon, Hyla Pottharst Wagner
The New York City Campaign Finance Program: A Reform That Is Working, Nicole A. Gordon, Hyla Pottharst Wagner
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Campaign finance programs, such as New York City's, limit the influence of private money on candidates and come at a relatively modest cost to taxpayers. Campaign finance reform programs, thus, increase the extent to which elections are truly competitive. During a fiscal crisis, we therefore have an even greater need for campaign finance reform and the meaningful democratic elections that reform fosters to ensure that voters generally, rather than special interests, dictate how scarce resources should be allocated. Reform is also necessary to give voters the confidence that their elected officials represent them, and not just wealthy donors, particularly in …
The Urban Crisis And The Federal Government's Retreat: Catalyzing Public Policy Choices To Save Our Cities, David R. Jones
The Urban Crisis And The Federal Government's Retreat: Catalyzing Public Policy Choices To Save Our Cities, David R. Jones
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Sections of our cities have been abandoned to a host of poverty-related social ills whose causes have as much to do with the state of the national and regional economies, structural changes in the job market, and political decision-making as they have to do with individual life-histories and personal misfortune. Bleak outcomes are not inevitable and can be reversed by understanding why faulty policy options were adopted and what it will take to formulate new policies. This essay argues for the need of proactive solutions like in combating our urban povery problem by using, (1) a "Marshall Plan" for cities, …