Chris Bragg and Cayla Harris report for the Times Union that the Green and Libertarian parties are now suing New York to stop the the Public Campaign Financing Commission's reforms from going into effect next year, joining similar efforts from the Working Families Party and the Conservative Party. The Green and Libertarian parties held a joint news conference on Dec. 9 in Albany announcing their legal challenge to the new campaign rules that will make it more difficult for third parties to maintain full, qualified ballot status in the state. The Working Families Party and the Conservative Party have similar but separate lawsuits set to have a summary judgment hearing on Dec. 12 in state Supreme Court in Niagara County. But the Greens, at least, are determined for more days before a judge on this issue. “We are committed to going to court,” said Mark Dunlea, a co-founder of the Green Party. Read more about this story in the Times Union.