At 2:30 p.m. today, I’ll be chatting with Dick Dadey, executive director of the good-government group Citizens Union.
Among the topics Dadey and his colleagues have had to ponder recently are: continuing, serious talk about changing city term limits and the mayor’s bill about financial disclosure requirements for board members of nonprofits. Read More
Running out of City Hall this afternoon – where there’s been some chatter by folks lingering in the lobby that there might be a deal on the city budget as early as tomorrow night – I saw Dick Dadey and some good-government activists outlining changes they’d like to city put in place before the elections Read More
Barack Obama’s decision to opt out of the public campaign finance program is "unfortunate but understandable," says Dick Dadey, executive director of the good-government organization Citizens Union.
When asked for comment, Dadey emailed:
It is unfortunate but understandable.
The federal campaign finance system hasn’t kept up with the times and the changed Read More
Citizens Union will now evaluate candidates that seek its endorsement by how well they live up to campaign promises.
At a meeting of the good government group’s local candidate committee last night in Times Square, Executive Director Dick Dadey said they will ask candidates, "What were the top five promises you made Read More
So, many City Council members have strong feelings about the reforms Christine Quinn proposed last week, particularly about the notion that they would lose the ability to fund specific groups through member items. Those groups would instead have to go through a R.F.P. process and be approved by various departments that are administrated by Read More
So, how will today’s revelation affect Christine Quinn’s political future?
Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf said, “We’re required to give Speaker Quinn the benefit of the doubt, especially since she announced today she was the person who alerted law enforcement to the problem.”
“We don’t know the impact because we don’t know what will occur Read More
This Presidents’ Day, City Council members Dennis Gallagher and Joe Addabbo expressed their respect in a pair of ads that appeared in the February 14 edition of the The Queens Ledger.
They caught my attention because last fall the City Council adopted new rules saying that members can no longer pay for Read More
Here, Dick Dadey of the Citizens Union, explains why using taxpayer dollars for City Council ads is bad, but using campaign funds — which results in the expenditure of tax dollars in the form of matching funds — to pay for those ads is good.
The city’s oldest good-government group, Citizens Union, wants Alan Hevesi to resign.
I spoke to CU Executive Director Dick Dadey earlier today. Here’s what he said, taking into account Hevesi’s belated decision to debate his opponent:
“I think it’s great that a much-needed debate is finally taking. It will not change our decision.
“These Read More
