The New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) will hold its next meeting tomorrow (Thursday), March 12 at 10:00 at its offices in Manhattan. The meeting agenda is here.
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
Report: JCOPE Investigating Schneiderman
The New York Post is reporting that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) is looking into whether state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman illegally solicited campaign contributions from Donald Trump’s […]
New York City Clerk’s Lobbying Bureau Releases Annual Report
The New York City Clerk’s Lobbying Bureau, which is responsible enforcing the city’s Lobbying Law, has released its annual report. The report reveals that $71.7 million was spent reported as […]
JCOPE to Hold Roundtable on Updates to its Lobbying Filing System, Web Site Redesign
In an E-blast today, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) said that it will be hosting “an informal roundtable discussion” in Albany on Friday, March 13th. The roundtable discussion […]
JCOPE Releases the Latest Edition of “The Ethics Review”
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has released the Winter Edition of its periodic newsletter, The Ethics Review. This issue reviews the state’s Code of Ethics (Public Officers Law […]
Citizen Union Event to Focus on ‘Albany’s Corruption Problem’
New York City-based good government group Citizens Union is holding an educational forum on Monday, March 16, titled ‘Can New Yorkers Fix Albany’s Corruption Problem?‘ The event is free, and […]
Groups Call for Limits on Lawmakers’ Outside Income
Earlier today, a coalition of good government groups called for the state to impose limits on lawmakers outside income, and to prohibit legislators and senior staff from engaging in services […]
NYC Bar to Hold CLE program on Campaign Finance
The New York City Bar Association is holding a CLE program on Tuesday, March 24th titled ‘Campaign Finance: The Current State of Affairs & Where We Go From Here.’ Here […]
Governor Links Ethics, Campaign Finance Reform to Budget
As he promised earlier this month, Gov. Cuomo has included a number of ethics and campaign finance reforms in his 30-day amendments. (Most of the language is in a new […]
Grand Jury Indicts Former Assembly Speaker on Fraud, Extortion Charges
A federal grand jury has indicted former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The three-count indictment, filed by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara, accuses the Manhattan Democrat of honest […]