A snippet from this WSJ article:
The sessions mostly consisted of prepared speeches. The last panel, on campaign finance—moderated by Mr. Podesta—threw off more sparks. Panelists sharply disagreed over the merits of public financing. Mr. Cuomo has said he’s generally supportive of using taxes to subsidize political candidates but hasn’t announced a specific plan.
“If you care about the environment, clean water, fair taxation…it comes back to campaign-finance reform,” said Sean Eldridge, an advocate for public financing. David Primo, a political scientist at the University of Rochester, said that there’s little evidence to suggest that instituting a matching-fund program in Albany would increase voter participation or lead to election of more capable politicians.