On January 27, 2012, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sent the letter below -- which includes more than 3,000 co-signers -- to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in support of a proposed rule change to require disclosure of corporate political spending by all publicly-traded companies. Members of the New York City Council Progressive Caucus, including Council Members Margaret Chin, Daniel Dromm, Letitia James, Brad Lander, Stephen Levin, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Deborah Rose, Jimmy Van Bramer and Jumaane Williams, partnered with Public Advocate de Blasio on this effort, along with Common Cause/NY, Citizen Action of NY & NYC, Coalition for Accountability in Political Spending (CAPS) and Make the Road NY.
