Here are link to ethics and campaign finance stories in the news and on the editorial pages today: a Daily News/New York Public Interest Research Group analysis finds that since […]
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Poll: Majority of Voters Oppose Taxpayer-Funded Campaigns, Say Corruption is a Major Problem in the State
A Quinnipiac University poll released today found that 53% of registered voters oppose public financing of campaigns for governor, other statewide offices and the Legislature, while 37% support the idea. […]
Governor Announces Phase Two of Anti-Corruption Agenda
Gov. Cuomo announced the second step in his anti-corruption efforts yesterday – “a series of proposals and reforms to strengthen New York State’s electoral process and help prevent public corruption.” […]
Assembly Announces Amended Fair Elections Act
Yesterday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced a revised version of the 2013 Fair Elections Act (A.4980-A). The amended bill is much broader than the original version. It would: establish optional […]
Senate Democrats Announce Reform Package
The Senate Democratic Conference released a “tough ethics package” yesterday. According to their press release, their proposal (which is not yet in bill form) will include the following measures: publicly […]
JCOPE Issues Rules on Use of State Aircraft By Governor
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) issued an advisory opinion (AO 13-02) this past week, establishing “a general standard for the use of State aircraft by the Governor under […]
Senate Co-Leader to Introduce Campaign Finance Reform Legislation Next Week
State Senator Jeff Klein, Senate Co-Leader and head of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) announced today that he will introduce legislation next week that will overhaul the state’s campaign-finance laws, […]
Ethics, Campaign Finance Update
No big stories today, but a few interesting ones in the wake of last week’s indictments by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY. NY LEAD, a group […]
News and Editorial Coverage of Gov’s Anti-Corruption Proposal
Read coverage of the Governor’s Public Trust Act, phase one of his public anti-corruption effort, in the Times Union, the Poughkeepsie Journal, the Daily News, the Post,the Syracuse Post-Standard, Newsday, […]
Governor Proposes New Law in Effort Against Public Corruption
In response to last week’s indictments of a State Senator, two Assembly members and a New York City Councilman, Gov. Cuomo held a press conference today to announce his first proposal […]