REFORMING STATE GOVERNMENT
1/28/2009

• Support ethics reform in state government. Support for public financing of statewide elections and enactment of the League’s legislative proposal for campaign finance reform.
• Improve election processes which extend and encourage voting, including no-excuse
  absentee balloting, election day registration, support for enhanced training of poll workers and adequate staffing at polling places including the use of split shifts for election workers.
• Create a nonpartisan redistricting commission to draft the State Legislative and Congressional boundaries for the 2012 elections.
• Support an open and accountable state budget process.
  

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1/28/2009

• Support New York State legislation which would:
  • Reduce greenhouse emissions;
  • Foster energy efficiency, renewable energy, green infrastructure;
  • Protect water quality;
  • Promote smart growth through regional planning that enhances urban neighborhoods, protects agricultural land, open spaces, watersheds, and other sensitive areas;
  • Promote waste management, through the Bigger Better Bottle Bill;
  • Promote effective and expanded public transit as a strategy to reduce air pollution and conserve energy.
    

COST-EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE
Support health care legislation that provides a basic level of quality physical and mental health care, and meets the League's criteria for equity, access, quality and cost containment.
1/28/2009

ADDITIONAL LEAGUE POSITIONS
To get information on additional League positions or read about the history of a League position, please review the document, "Impact on Issues."
1/28/2009

• Additional League positions that can be found in "Impact on Issues" include:
  • Alternatives to Incarceration
  • Children's Issues
  • Court Restructuring
  • Domestic Violence
  • Equity in School Financing
  • Gun Control
  • Judicial Process
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Pay Equity
  • Reproductive Choices