Gotham Gazette has a recap of last Friday’s Assembly Election Law Committee public hearing, which was supposed to focus on the new compliance unit at the state Board of Elections […]
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NYC CFB Approves Donations Via Text Message, Fines IE Group for Illegal Coordination
Earlier today, the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) announced that it has adopted final rules for text message contributions in City elections, and assessed penalties on an independent […]
Reform Groups Call for Ethics, Campaign Finance Reforms in a Possible Special Session
The Daily Politics blog reports that Common Cause NY and NYPIRG have written to Gov. Cuomo and the legislative leaders, urging them to take up ethics and campaign finance reforms […]
NYC CFB to Meet
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) holds its next meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11 at its offices in Manhattan. The meeting agenda is not yet available. CFB has […]
Two Articles Look at Albany’s Dark Side
Two articles published today shine some light on the murkier aspects of Albany’s ethics and campaign finance rules. In a front page article in today’s edition, the New York Times […]
State Inspector General Alleges Wrongdoing By Commission Staffer
The New York State Inspector General (IG) recently wrote to the Lake George Park Commission regarding the Commission’s Executive Director, who solicited a gift from an organization that falls under […]
JCOPE Hiring Lawyers
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has two posted two vacancy notices (here and here) on the StateJobsNY web site for Associate Counsel positions. The positions require New York […]
JCOPE to Meet on Nov. 25th
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its next meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 25th at its offices in Albany. The meeting agenda is here.
NYC CFB to Hold Public Hearing on Campaign Contributions Via Text Message
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) will hold a public hearing November 24th on its proposed rules to allow text message contributions to candidates for New York City […]
SBOE Publishes “Winding Down the Campaign”
As they have done in prior years, the State Board of Elections has published a summary of provisions relating to winding down a political campaign and terminating a committee. It […]