Today’s New York State Register includes two notices of proposed rulemaking from the State Board of Elections (SBOE), and the proposed rules can also be found on the SBOE web […]
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
Former Town Supervisor Pleads Guilty
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced yesterday that former Town of Halfmoon Supervisor Melinda Wormuth has pled guilty to two felony counts charging her with extortion and making a false statement. […]
NYC CFB to Meet
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) holds its next meeting on Thursday, August 13 at 10:00. The meeting agenda is not yet available.
NYC CFB Seeks an Assistant Executive Director of Campaign Finance Administration
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) is looking to hire an Assistant Executive Director of Campaign Finance Administration, who will manages the CFB’s units that administer the […]
JCOPE Commissioners Argue Over Hiring Practices, and Outside Influence
At today’s meeting of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) – the first since four Commissioners complained of “incessant interference” with the Commission’s operations – Commissioners argued about its […]
JCOPE Rejects ‘Source of Funding’ Exemption Applications
At its meeting earlier today, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) denied requests from three organizations that sought to shield the identities of their donors – the New York […]
Group Files Ethics Complaint Against DEC
Today’s New York Times includes an article that follows an e-mail trail which shows that officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) worked with a private company, NYCO […]
Report: Seven Cases Referred by SBOE Enforcement Unit, Others Being Investigated
The Daily News reports that the state Board of Elections (SBOE) enforcement unit has referred seven cases to local district attorneys and to the state Attorney General for potential criminal […]
JCOPE to Meet, Discuss Search for New Executive Director
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its next meeting in Albany next Tuesday. The meeting will be JCOPE’s first since it was announced that the organization’s Executive Director […]
JCOPE Commissioners Question Hire
In a letter to the editor of the Times Union, four JCOPE commissioners say the recent appointment of State Police First Deputy Superintendent Kevin Gagan to the position of ‘special […]