Next Monday, the Brennan Center for Justice is hosting an evening event at NYU Law School on ‘The State of Money in Politics.’ The event will look at how the […]
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
NYC Bar, Common Cause Renew Call for JCOPE Review
The New York City Bar Association and Common Cause New York have again called on Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to create a commission to review the effectiveness of the […]
Governor Makes Appointment
Gov. Cuomo announced a number of administration appointments today, including one relating to ethics and compliance. According to the announcement: Linda Lacewell has been appointed Counselor to the Governor. She […]
SBOE Holds Campaign Finance Seminar, Webinars on Winding Down a Campaign
The State Board of Elections (SBOE) has three upcoming programs scheduled. This coming Thursday, Jan. 15, SBOE is hold a ‘Campaign Finance Seminar’ at the Albany Hilton from 10:00 am […]
JCOPE Announces Settlements for Failure to File Financial Disclosure Statements
Yesterday, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) announced settlements with 17 state officers and employees who failed to file their annual financial disclosure statements. Under Public Officers Law 73-a, […]
JCOPE Issues Reminders, Announces Fines for Failure to File Disclosure Reports
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) sent out a series of reminders last week, and announced that it has imposed $24,000 in fines on two lobbying clients for failure […]
Gotham Gazette Asks “How Is JCOPE Doing”?
The title of this article from Gotham Gazette, Three Years In, New York Ethics Commission Still Looking to Find Footing, pretty much says it all. The article quotes a number […]
NYC CFB E-Mail System Hacked
The New York City Campaign Finance Board’s e-mail accounts were hacked this morning, and are apparently being used for “phishing” attacks. So not opening any e-mails from them (at least […]
NYPIRG Calls for Stronger Local Ethics, Lobbying Laws
NYPIRG released a report earlier today that calls for “sweeping changes in the state’s local government ethics law, administration, enforcement, and improvements to the state’s Open Meetings and Freedom of […]
JCOPE Responds to Trump Lawsuit
Capital NY reports that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has hired former U.S. Magistrate David Homer of Carter Conboy in Albany to defend it against a lawsuit filed […]