New Yorkers Rally to Shine a Light on Dark Money

Call on President Obama to Issue Executive Order Disclosing Federal Contractors' Political Spending

NEW YORK, NY (04/02/2015)(readMedia)-- This event Is one of 55 being held across the country calling for an Executive Order to shine light on corruption.

April 2 marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's McCutcheon v FEC ruling, which further flooded the election system with unprecedented sums of money from corporations and the super wealthy.

Currently, corporations that bid for government contracts do not have to disclose their campaign spending. This has led to a corrupt pay-to-play system where contractors secretly funnel untold sums to help elect the very lawmakers who are responsible for awarding them back lucrative federal contracts.

WHO:

Brennan Center for Justice,  MoveOn.org, Citizen Action of New York, Common Cause New York, Public Citizen, Big Apple Coffee Party,  CWA Local 1180, Trade Justice Metro NY, Frack Free NY, Code Pink, Working Families Party, Public Advocate Letitia James (invited), Assemblymember James Brennan (invited)

WHAT:

Rally calling on President Barack Obama to issue an executive order requiring contractors that do business with the federal government to disclose their political spending.

WHEN: Thursday April 02, 2015 at 05:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: 26 Federal Plaza
Broadway btw Worth and Duane
New York, New York 10278
NOTES:

Speakers: 

Brent Ferguson, Brennan Center for Justice

Jamie Kemmerer, MoveOn.org

Josh Mumm, Common Cause New York

Jonathan Reiss, Big Apple Coffee Party

Nadya Stevens, CWA Local 1180

Darius Gordon, Citizen Action of New York

Public Advocate Letitia James (invited)

Assemblymember James Brennan (invited)

Speakers available for interview. Visuals at sunset by NYC Light Brigade