New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) “has quietly been seeking to raise $5 million to finance an
array of television ads promoting his agenda — and he is doing it apart
from a secret lobbying outfit that sparked controversy in the past,” the
New York Daily News
reports.
“Donors are being asked to contribute to the Cuomo-controlled
state Democratic Party, which technically is responsible for running the
ads… The fund-raising arrangement is a departure from his
first two years as governor, when much of the coin used to push his
initiatives came from the Committee to Save New York, a private lobbying
group that was not subject to state campaign finance law.”
