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Address: The New York City Experience: Lessons For A National Future, Hon. Edward I. Koch
Address: The New York City Experience: Lessons For A National Future, Hon. Edward I. Koch
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In this address, former Mayor of New York Ed Koch discussed the successful efforts of his administration to create New York’s Campaign Finance Reform Act, a voluntary program imposing lower spending limits and detailed public disclosure requirements on candidates for the five New York City offices who chose to seek public financing. Speaking from the unique position as the first candidate to ever be fined under the Act, Mr. Koch illustrated the importance of the nonpartisan board created under the Act. He then recounted briefly the history of the program and discussed some of the specifics of the original Campaign …
Welcoming Remarks, Michael A. Cooper, Fritz A. O'Hare S.J.
Welcoming Remarks, Michael A. Cooper, Fritz A. O'Hare S.J.
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In this transcript, first, Mr. Michael Cooper, President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York offers welcoming remarks to the conference, describing briefly the work of the Association’s and its Special Commission on Campaign Finance Reform and the focus of the conference, specifically what can be done in the field of federal campaign finance reform based on what has been done at the state and local levels. Second, chair of the Campaign Finance Board, Father O’Hare, addressed the conference focusing on the non-partisan Board of the Campaign Finance Program in New York City as a …
Opening Remarks: The States And Cities As Federal Laboratories Of Democracy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
Opening Remarks: The States And Cities As Federal Laboratories Of Democracy, Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Mr. Schwarz’s opening remarks address the function of local and state governments in stimulating more widespread change. He begins by providing examples of such inspiration to change throughout American History. First, Mr. Schwarz discusses the role of states in forging both institutional process reforms and social, substantive, and economic changes. Next, he discusses the advantages of using localities as grounds to test social experiments. Lastly, Mr. Schwarz discusses the relationship between experimentation in localities and federalism values, both generally and with specific regard to the role of minority interests. These remarks were made at From the Ground Up: Local Lessons …
Closing Remarks, Chris Shays
Closing Remarks, Chris Shays
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In this transcript, Mr. Begun introduced a final speaker, Congressman Christopher Shays, at From the Ground Up: Local Lessons for National Reform, a national conference on campaign finance reform held on November 9, 1998, sponsored by the New York City Campaign Finance Board and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Shays began by recounting the initiatives of 104th Congress, the first Republican controlled congress in forty years. He then delved into Congress’ efforts to bring soft money contributions under laws that would require disclosure. Advocating for what would become termed “campaign expenditures,” Mr. Shays …