The Daily News reports that Senate Minority Leader John Sampson has appointed New York City litigator LaShann DeArcy to replace Ravi Batra on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE). […]
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Corporate Political Activity Blog: Guest Blogger #2
The Corporate Political Activity blog has posted the second of four guest posts on campaign finance reform in New York. This post is from Professor Joel Gora of Brooklyn Law […]
Groups Meet on Reforming New York’s Campaign Finance Laws
The Times Union reports that an impressive number of labor and progressive groups (a partial list of the groups is here) are meeting in New York City today to come […]
Senator Proposes Changes to JCOPE, Eliminating LEC
Earlier today, State Senator Tony Avella (D-Queens) introduced S.7852, which would make broad changes to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) while also eliminating the Legislative Ethics Commission. The […]
Guest Blogger Series on Campaign Finance Reform in NYS
If you are interested in campaign finance and related issues, I recommend that you check out the Corporate Political Activity blog. They have just posted the first of four guest […]
JCOPE E-Blast on Reportable Business Relationships
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) sent out an “e-blast” yesterday to inform the regulated lobbying community about its new reportable business relationship disclosure guidelines and forms. The guidelines […]
JCOPE Schedules Next Meeting
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) announced that it will hold its next meeting later this week, at 10:30 on Thursday, September 27th at its Albany office. No agenda […]
Governor Defends JCOPE
In a press availability yesterday, Gov. Cuomo defended the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s new ethics commission, which has been criticized for leaks of confidential information and […]
New Issue of NYC CFB Newsletter Available
The New York City Campaign Finance Board has posted the latest issue of its newsletter, Full Disclosure, to its web site. The Summer 2012 edition discusses voter turnout in the […]
Two National Republicans Tell Schneiderman to Back Off on SuperPACs
Last month, it was reported that State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman began an investigation into whether some New York-based non-profit groups – which function as SuperPACs — are violating federal […]