Earlier today, New York City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Queens) was indicted by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office “for allegedly pocketing both public campaign funds and charitable grant money for […]
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Senate Democrats Push Ethics, Campaign Finance Overhaul
Earlier today, the Senate Democratic Conference released a 9-bill campaign finance and ethics reform package, and called on the Senate leadership to bring the bills to the Senate Floor for […]
Albany Ethics Update
The Daily News reports that the Senate Democratic Conference will announce a “comprehensive” legislative ethics package at noon in the Capitol. The nine bill package will include a full system […]
Manhattan D.A. Expands Anti-Public Corruption Unit
Last Friday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced that he is combining his office’s Official Corruption and Public Integrity Units into a single Public Corruption Unit, to be led […]
Reports: U.S. Attorney Subpoenas JCOPE
According to multiple news reports, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has subpoenaed records of corruption allegations that have been filed with the Joint […]
Albany Law School’s Government Law Center Holding Program on Campaign Finance in the Wake of McCutcheon
The Government Law Center (GLC) at Albany Law School is holding a program on “Campaign Finance Reform in Light of Citizens United and McCutcheon” tomorrow morning in the State Capitol […]
JCOPE to Meet Tomorrow
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has scheduled its next meeting for tomorrow — Tuesday, April 29th, at its offices in Albany. The meeting agenda is here. It provides […]
Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s Cap on SuperPAC Donations
Earlier today, a federal judge in Manhattan found that New York’s limits on contributions to independent expenditure groups is unconstitutional. Reuters is reporting that District Judge Paul Crotty has “reluctantly” […]
SBOE‘s New Page on Independent Expenditure Reporting
The State Board of Elections (SBOE) has put up a new web page in preparation for implementation of the recently-enacted budget provisions relating to independent expenditure reporting. As of this […]
SBOE Prepares for Publicly Financing Pilot Program
The State Board of Elections has added a new page to its web site on the Public Financing Pilot Program. The page is blank at the moment. (H/t to @robertharding.)