REFORM ALBANY

Albany is a dysfunctional mess because we lack transparency in our state government. State politicians make backroom deals without being held accountable (the "Three Men in a Room" syndrome.) There are numerous public authorities with their own secret budgets and secret meetings; they spend and borrow with abandon. There is no oversight.

David will fight to open the inner workings of government to its citizens. He will ensure that your elected officials are TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS and not bought-and-sold elitists. Fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, and building coalitions will be trademarks of David's performance in the Senate. As State Senator he will work closely with everyone who is dead serious about REAL change. This Senator's door will always be open to his constituents.

Clean Money, Clean Elections

The heart of democracy - ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE - has been perverted by the presence of big money in politics.

David will spearhead long-awaited legislation to make our elections fair by providing full public funding that would end the practice of "pay to play" in Albany. Voters need to have full access to the candidates, not based on how much money a candidate has but on the value of their ideas. We must also abolish the undue influence exerted on our elected officials by lobbyists and self-interested corporations with unlimited funds and institute full public funding of elections. Three out of four New Yorkers now support public funding of elections.

David is a dedicated, incorruptible advocate of the basic rights of all human beings to a decent life. He is totally committed to environmental sustainability and justice, and possessed of a ferocious devotion to getting things done fairly and right. He will make a great state senator.

Harvey Wasserman
Activist and writer

To assure that all New Yorkers are represented fairly, David supports:

• Public financing of state elections

• Independent, non-partisan redistricting

• Enforcement of existing campaign finance laws and harsher penalties for violations

• Ballot access laws which ensure that candidates placed on the ballot will be the voters' choice Rather than party leaders'

• Removing the power of elected officials to make appointments to the Board of Elections

• Implementation of election day registration

• The use of paper ballots, which is cost effective and safeguards the will of the people.

www.sunlightny.org • www.brennancenter.org • www.citizenactionny.org
www.commoncause.org • www.publicampaign.org • www.democracymatters.org

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