The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) holds its next public meeting at 10 am this morning at their offices in lower Manhattan. The meeting agenda is here. The […]
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Attorney General Announces Arrest for Stealing from Taxpayer-Funded Non-Profit
Yesterday, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest of an executive for a church-related charity that has been supported by state legislative “member item” grants. Clement Gardner of the […]
NYC CFB Releases Newsletter, Is Hiring Auditors
The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has issued the latest issue of its quarterly newsletter, Full Disclosure. This issue includes a review of the December 2011 federal court […]
Anti-SuperPAC Bill Fails in Senate Elections Committee Vote
Earlier this week, the State Senate’s Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee considered S.101 Squadron, entitled the Corporate Political Activity Accountability to Shareholders Act. The bill would require that corporate contributions […]
New York City Comptroller’s Campaign Treasurer Arrested
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]