Civic Groups Unveil Website with Legislators' Pledges to Support Reform

14 Senators and 60 Assemblymembers pledge to reform Albany

NEW YORK, NY (06/24/2010)(readMedia)-- Common Cause/NY, Citizen Union of the City of New York, League of Women Voters/NY and the N.Y. Public Interest Research Group unveil website with legislators' pledges to support reform in Albany.

Groups urge support for redistricting, campaign finance and ethics reforms.

Lawmakers' pledges can be accessed at www.pledgeforchangeny.org (click on "legislators" on the banner to review responses). The groups began collecting pledges in April and are continuing to urge those legislators who have not already completed the pledge to do so and to be on the record regarding these important reform issues.

For more information contact:

CITIZENS UNION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Dick Dadey 212 227-0342

COMMON CAUSE/NY Susan Lerner 212 691-6421

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS/N.Y.S. Barbara Bartoletti 518 469-8905

N.Y. PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP Blair Horner 518 669-0886

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