Campaign Finance Reform
 
“Democracy in New York City could finally get better by reducing contribution limits by more than half and making small dollars more valuable by matching more of them with a greater multiplier. Though I advocated for a full public match of every small dollar, this will increase from matching a little more than half of small dollars to matching three-quarters of small dollars. Increasing the public match will dramatically decrease the amount of money Mayoral candidates need to raise in unmatchable contributions from $3.28 million to just over $1 million,” said Council Member Ben Kallos, whose recommendations were included in the Commission’s adopted resolution.
 
Community Board Reforms
 
“Community Boards will start to be more representative of their communities with the support they need to take on over-development and plan for the future with terms limits, urban planners, a citywide standardized application, and reporting on vacancies and demographics,” said Council Member Ben Kallos, who advocated for all of these Community Board reforms before the Commission.
 
Commission
 
“The Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission did extensive outreach in all five boroughs in-person, by phone, and even by Twitter, and today’s resolution is proof positive that they listened to the people of this great city. Now it is those people who must vote these proposals through to take back their city,” said Council Member Ben Kallos, who testified at every opportunity before the Commission. “Thank you to Mayor Bill de Blasio for creating this Commission with a focus on improving Democracy which has proposed these necessary reforms that could not get done through the typical political process.”