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NY gets first look at campaign finance reform

ALBANY — Democrats in control of New York’s Assembly have proposed distributing money from Wall Street fraud penalties to political candidates who volunteer to accept public financing of their campaigns. The bill released Tuesday by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assemblyman Michael Cusick aims to curtail the influence of big donors and corporations in campaigns, while ...