Publications
NY
Donor Diversity Through Public Matching Funds
New York State is considering a system of public campaign financing for state elections similar to New York City’s small donor matching fund program, based in part on the assumption that it would bring greater fairness and diversity to state elections. The results of this new study support that claim. The study shows that small donors to 2009 City Council candidates came from a much broader array of city neighborhoods than the city’s small donors to 2010 State Assembly candidates.
Authored by: Elisabeth Genn, Sundeep Iyer, Michael J. Malbin, and Brendan Glavin
– 05/14/12
Jim Crow in New York
Authored by: Erika Wood and Liz Budnitz
with Garima Malhotra
introduction by Charles Ogletree
– 02/12/10
Still Broken: New York State Legislative Reform 2008 Update
Still Broken: New York State Legislative Reform is the 2008 update of the Brennan Center’s 2004 and 2006 reports on the New York state legislative process. The report finds that the legislative process remains broken, and offers concrete recommendations for reform.
Authored by: Andrew Stengel, Lawrence Norden, and Laura Seago
– 01/02/09
Results from Three Surveys of Tenants Facing Eviction in New York City Housing Court
More than two-thirds of tenants facing eviction in New York City Housing Court have no legal representation when they go before the court.
Authored by: Laura K. Abel and Kira Krenichyn, Ph.D.
– 02/14/07
Protecting New York’s Workers - Full Report
The Brennan Center recently joined with a coalition of community organizations and other advocates to address the growing problem of minimum wage and overtime violations in New York State.
– 12/13/06
Unfinished Business: New York State Legislative Reform
Update to the landmark 2004 legislative study details reforms made to the legislative rules of the Senate and Assembly.
Authored by: Larry Norden, David E. Pozen and Bethany L. Foster
– 10/11/06
Paper Thin: The Flimsy Facade of Campaign Finance Laws in New York
This report documents flaws in New York’s campaign finance law and enforcement regime that render New York’s already high contribution limits functionally meaningless.
Authored by: Suzanne Novak and Seema Shah
– 07/20/06
Executive Summary of Brennan Center & Demos Report on the NY Board of Elections
A survey of 63 local election boards found that more than one-third of local boards, including four in New York City, are disenfranchising former prisoners and probationers who are eligible to register and vote under state law. These results repeat the widespread errors exposed in a 2003 Brennan Center and Legal Action Center survey.
– 03/15/06
Brennan Center and Demos Report on State Board of Elections Illegal Disenfranchisement of NY Voters
A recent survey of county election officials found that more than one-third of New Yorks 63 local election boards, including those in three New York City boroughs, continue to unlawfully disfranchise eligible voters with felony convictions. Despite previous advocacy efforts, election officials persist in misapplying the law, resulting in the illegal disfranchisement of potentially thousands of eligible voters.
– 03/15/06
Do New Yorkers Know the Minimum Wage?
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice
– 02/26/06