Earlier this week, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced the arrest of the campaign treasurer for New York City Comptroller John Liu. Jia “Jenny” […]
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JCOPE Meets, Introduces New Executive Director
JCOPE held its February meeting earlier today, and Chairwoman DiFiore introduced Ellen Biben as the new Executive Director. The Commissioners welcomed her, and then voting to delegate responsibilities to her […]
JCOPE Meets Today
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) meets at 10:30 this morning in Albany. According to the agenda, the Commission will introduce its new Executive Director, Ellen Biben. The meeting […]
New Bill Would Prohibit Lobbying by Lobbyists Convicted of Felonies
Senator Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx) has introduced legislation (S.6533) that would prohibit lobbyists who are convicted of a class D felonies or higher offenses from lobbying for three years. After the […]
State Board of Elections Publishes Independent Expenditure Regs; Good Government Groups Express Concern
Today’s New York State Register includes the State Board of Elections’ proposed rule requiring the disclosure of independent expenditures (see page 13), which I previously blogged about last month. (The […]
Assembly Advances Bill to Close LLC Loophole, But Will it Matter?
Last week, the Assembly Election Law Committee reported A.2493, which would add Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) to Election Law § 14-116. The bill would impose on LLCs the same $5,000 […]
NYC CFB Issues Revised Independent Expenditure Rules
The NYC Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) has issued is revised campaign disclosure rules for independent expenditures in New York City elections. The rules are intended to bring transparency to […]
New Group Launched to Support Campaign Finance Reform
A new coalition endorsing Governor Cuomo’s call for reforming the state’s campaign finance laws announced its launch at a press event Albany today. New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY […]
Assembly to Take Up Legislation Moving Primaries to June 26
Earlier today, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chair Michael Cusick announced the introduction of legislation to establish the fourth Tuesday in June (June 26th this year) as […]
Federal Judge Adopts Congressional Primary Schedule for New York
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe, of the Northern District of New York adopted a compressed 2012 calendar for New York’s congressional elections. Judge Sharpe was critical of state […]