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    Assemblyman Will Barclay criticized New York Governor's proposal to introduce public financing for political campaigns through the state budget. If passed, the proposal would provide public funds matched 2:1 for private donations up to $150,000 for gubernatorial primaries and $6 million for general elections. It would cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually and funding costs could escalate quickly. Barclay argued that public financing would not improve ethics in Albany, as scandals have occurred even where such systems exist. Taxpayer funds should not support candidates they may not vote for, and better ethics oversight of lawmakers is needed instead.

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    Assemblyman Will Barclay criticized New York Governor's proposal to introduce public financing for political campaigns through the state budget. If passed, the proposal would provide public funds matched 2:1 for private donations up to $150,000 for gubernatorial primaries and $6 million for general elections. It would cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually and funding costs could escalate quickly. Barclay argued that public financing would not improve ethics in Albany, as scandals have occurred even where such systems exist. Taxpayer funds should not support candidates they may not vote for, and better ethics oversight of lawmakers is needed instead.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 5, 2014

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    Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,IPulaski) today criticized the Go ernor!s "ro"osal o# "ublicly$#inanced cam"ai%ns in his e&ecuti e bud%et' ()his is not the direction our state should be headed' Passin% this measure in the bud%et *ill unnecessarily add millions o# dollars to the ta& burden +e* ,orker!s already carry,- said Barclay' In the "ro"osal, u" to ./01 o# "ri ate dollar contributions *ould be matched .2 to ./ *ith "ublic dollars' 3or a %ubernatorial (%o ernor!s race) "rimary, the 4uali#yin% candidate(s) *ould be eli%ible to recei e .5 million' )hose 4uali#yin% in the %eneral election could recei e u" to ./6 million #or the %ubernatorial race, courtesy o# the ta&"ayer' 7enators could 4uali#y #or .801,666 and Assembly members could 4uali#y #or ./01,666 #or a "rimary and that same amount #or a %eneral election' )here are currently 28 7enators and /16 Assembly members' I# each member o# the 7tate 9e%islature ran a race a%ainst another 4uali#yin% candidate in the %eneral election, costs *ould be .:0'1 million #or the 7enate candidates and .1;'1 million #or Assembly candidates' 7ome are estimatin% costs to be hi%her' +,C already has "ublicly #inanced cam"ai%ns' Accordin% to analysts, the cam"ai%ns in +,C cost ta&"ayers rou%hly .;1 million in ;66<' (Costs *ould easily %et out o# control and then our state *ould increase ta&es to "ay #or cam"ai%ns i# this becomes la*,- said Barclay' Barclay said he also disa%rees *ith the tie$in that has been made *ith the Go ernor!s rhetoricas i# "ublicly$#inanced cam"ai%ns *ill im"ro e the ethics in Albany' )here ha e been numerous scandals and re"orts o# misconduct and se&ual harassment that ha e sur#aced in recent years in Albany' In #act, many scandals in ol ed +,C la*makers *here "ublicly$#inanced cam"ai%ns are already the case' (Better ethics *e need' Publicly$#inanced cam"ai%ns *e do not,- said Barclay' ()o su%%est "ublicly$#inanced cam"ai%ns *ill do anythin% to im"ro e our ethics is a #alsity' =ne has nothin% to do *ith the other, yet at e ery turn, the Go ernor has mentioned them in tandemas

    i# *e need "ublic #inancin% to im"ro e ethics in Albany' )his is sim"ly not true' We ob iously need more ethics %uidin% la*makers, to "rohibit the kind o# beha ior that has "la%ued Albany in recent years'(9astly, as I! e stated be#ore, my ta& dollars should not %o to su""ort candidates *hom I *ould ne er su""ort at the "olls' I couldn!t disa%ree more *ith this "ro"osal,- said Barclay' >>>

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