Lawyers who have worked for a campaign or PAC or party know the story line well. Someone offended by one of your client’s ads gets their lawyer to ask a station airing the ad to take it down, for some reason or another. The station manager gets involved, and before you know it the dispute is […]
Category: New York
Charitable Giving
The Times reports that some charities are donating to state campaigns. A review of campaign-finance and federal tax records shows that at least 81 tax-exempt charities have given contributions to legislative candidates since 2005, with some organizations giving more than once to multiple candidates. While the amounts were not eye-popping, the contributions often flowed to […]
NY: Who’s Giving?
About 100 individuals donated most of the campaign money in New York’s legislative races, according to this Albany Times-Union report.