Last Friday, Governor Cuomo issued proclamations calling for special elections to fill six vacant Assembly seats and Anthony Weiner’s former seat in Congress to be held on September 13th – […]
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
Wall Street Journal: “Albany Lobby Efforts Shift”
Jacob Gershman of the Wall Street Journal reports on the “growing crop of third-party coalitions” that has reshaped Albany’s lobbying landscape. Using the recent Common Cause report on third part […]
Attorney General Appoints Public Integrity Officers in Each Regional Office
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced the designation of public integrity officers in each of his 14 regional offices throughout the state. According to the Attorney General, these attorneys are […]
OCA Adopts New Rule on Judicial Campaign Donations
The Office of Court Administration has announced that it has adopted, effective July 15, 2011, a new rule under which elected state judges will no longer receive assignments to cases […]
Attorney General Appoints Public Integrity Officer to Buffalo Regional Office
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today that he has appointed Rose McMorrow, an Assistant Attorney General since 2007, as the Buffalo office’s regional public integrity officer. As the region’s Public […]
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Some Public Campaign Financing Provisions
And the question for this blog is “how does the Court’s decision in Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett impact New York City’s matching funds program?” The […]
New York’s 2012 Presidential Primary to be Held on April 24th
Both houses of the Legislature have approved a Governor’s Program Bill (S.5753/A.8363) that schedules next year’s presidential primary election for April 24th. The bill also allows the Republican party to […]
Inspector General to Review NYRA Financials
As reported in the State of Politics blog, the Cuomo Administration has asked the state Inspector General to examine the financials and operations of the New York Racing Association (NYRA). […]
Legislature Approves “Revolving Door” Exemption for Laid Off State Employees
Earlier today, the Assembly gave final approval to legislation (S.5109/A.8111) that re-opens an existing exemption for state employees who are laid off, and who would otherwise be prohibited from appearing […]
CPI’s Time Winding Down
In today’s Times Union, Jim Odato considers the not-so-bright future of the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI). Governor Cuomo is expected to sign the bill creating the new Joint Commission […]