NEW! Citizens Union and the League Commend Achievement on Lasting Structural Redistricting Reform (3/15/2012)
NEW!Press Release (3/7/2012)
Groups Say a Single Combined Primary for Congressional and State Legislative Races is Best for New York Voters in 2012
Press Release (1/27/2012)
Press Release (1/11/2012)
League continues to push for redistricting reform with its coalition members in ReShapeNY.
Press Release (10/14/2011)
Vote411 Electronic Voters Guide Now Available in Some Areas of NYS.
Local Leagues around the state have implemented a new electronic voters guide to provide the public with information on races and candidates in their area. It is only available where local Leagues have undertaken this new program.
Press Release (9/19/2011)
LWVNYS, with American Cancer Society and Others, Present Study on Tobacco Funds
Press Release (6/6/2011)
League Joins Governor, Legislative Leaders and Other Good Government Groups to Announce Ethics Reform
Press Release (6/1/2011)
League Joins Diverse Groups to Urge State Leaders to Put Brakes on New Tax Cap Plan (6/1/2011)
Press Release(3/14/2011)
ReShaping New York
Press Release (2/14/2011)
One of Every Eleven Legislators Who Left Since 1999 Did So Because of Ethical or Criminal Misconduct: Good Government Groups Call for Immediate Action on Delayed Ethics Reform (2/14/2011)
Press Release (12/20/2010)
Press Release (12/16/2010)
2010 Election Survey: Machines Perform But Privacy Suffers.
Press Release (12/8/2010)
Groups Urge Governor-Elect Cuomo to Use Executive Powers to Advance Consumer, Environmental, Health, Higher Education and Reform Issues
Press Release (11/30/2010)
League Applauds Passage of Quadrennial Commission for Judicial Compensation
Press Release (11/22/2010)
Good government groups issued a report on eleven executive orders the new Governor can take immediately to make New York government more open, accountable and democratic.
Press Release (10/4/2010)
New York’s Redistricting Practices Undermine Democracy; Groups Urge Creation of an Independent Redistricting Commission
NEW YORK PUBLIC BROADCASTERS AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR FALL 2010 STATEWIDE CANDIDATE DEBATES (6/9/2010)
Historic Legislation Passes NYS Legislature Reforming Absentee Ballot Application (4/16/10)
This bill simplifies the absentee ballot process for all New Yorkers, no longer requiring a complicated and intimidating explanation from someone who requests an absentee ballot.
Overwhelming Number of New Yorkers Lose in State's "Member-Item Lottery" (3/22/2010)
According to an analysis released by civic groups, New Yorkers who live in 114 of the 141 Assembly districts that received member items and in 43 of the 62 Senate districts receive less than the "fair share" or average amount of the $170 million typically spent on member items.
Click here for maps showing disparities and list of legislators and the amount they received.
Groups Urge Lawmakers to Act to Restore Public Confidence; May 5th "Albany On the Record" Event to Draw Reformers from Across the State (3/11/2010)
Good government groups announce a campaign get elected officials - and those who wish to become elected officials - to pledge to enact meaningful reforms. Groups also announced an event on May 5th in Albany to put Albany's leading political figures "on-the-record" in how they plan to change Albany now. Read more.
Report by Citizens Union Shows Stunning Increase in Misconduct by State Legislators (11/17/09)
Report documents and outlines the reasons for legislative turnover over the last decade and urges meaningful ethics reform since departures attributable to misconduct are on the rise.
Recent media coverage can be viewed at The New York Observer and The New York Daily News.
Good Government Groups' Analysis of Corporate Campaign Contributions and Need for Reform (11/5/09)
Civic groups have identified 6,711 recent potential violations of New York's campaign finance law and urge passage of S. 6157 to create new enforcement unit and additional campaign finance disclosures.
Deposits on Bottled Water to Begin October 31st: Green Groups See Big Benefits for NY'sEnvironment (10/28/09)
Good Government Groups Support State Senate Effort to Pass Real Ethics Reform
(9/11/2009)
LWV Supports Full Clean-Up of West Valley Nuclear Waste Site (8/26/2009)
36 Organizations Ask Governor Paterson to Revoke Executive Order 25, Establishing a Regulatory Review and Reform Program (8/13/09)
Letter to Governor Urging Legislation to Make Public Authorities More Transparent and Accountable (7/31/09)
New NYS Senate Rules a Solid Improvement, According to Good Government Groups (7/16/2009)
Too soon to retire dysfunctional label, but a strong step forward.
Good Government Groups Call on State Senators to Make Good on Their Promises of Reform (7/15/2009)
Senate Stalement End (6/29/2009)
Call for Revisions to State Plan to Use Uncertified Voting Machines in 2009 Elections (6/3/2009)
Groups Cheer Passage of Bigger Better Bottle Bill (4/3/2009)
Bottle Bill Update Will Yield Big Benefits for New Yorkers (2/9/2009)
Why Lever Voting Machines Do Not Provide An Acceptable Method of Voting for New Yorkers
(2/9/2009)
Groups Warn that New Voters May Not Find Names in Poll Books (10/28/2008)
Local Boards Urged to Take Steps to Ensure Voters Names at Poll Sites |
Campaign Finance Reform, Enforcement, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008, in response to the failure of both Governor Patterson and the legislature to engage in bipartisan negotiations for meaningful campaign finance reform.