The NYS Board of Elections has posted to its website new campaign contribution limits for 2011. These new limits are not yet final. They must be published in the NYS […]
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Ethics Reform in the News – April 25, 2011
NY Post columnist Fred Dicker quotes two unnamed “legislative insiders” in his weekly Inside Albany column who say that legislators are not interested in reforming the state’s ethics laws. According […]
Richard Brodsky on Ethics Reform
NY Capitol News has a thought-provoking opinion piece by former Assemblyman and 2010 Attorney General Candidate Richard Brodsky entitled “Thinking Hard About Ethics Reform.” He suggests that we need to […]
Ethics Reform Up Next?
Ken Lovett of the the NY Daily News has been on the leading edge of the news coverage of ethics reform in Albany. On Sunday, the News reported that (citing […]
CPI Finds MRT Members Did Not Violate Public Officers Law
On Friday, Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) Executive Director Barry Ginsberg responded to the complaint filed in early March by the Center for Justice and Democracy (CJD). The group asked […]
Senate Committee Votes Down Campaign Finance Disclosure Bill
State Senator Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) filed a “motion for committee consideration” on his bill (S.96) that would amend the Public Officers Law to require statewide elected officials, Senators and Assembly […]
Two Legislators, Lobbyist Indicted for Corruption
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. and Senator Carl Kruger, both Democrats, with taking money in exchange for official favors. The criminal complaint alleges that […]
Group Files Ethics Complaint Over Medicaid Redesign Team
A New York City-based organization has submitted a formal ethics complaint to the state Commission on Public Integrity alleging that members of Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) charging the […]
Ethics Reform Package Advancing?
The Daily News reports that progress is being made on an ethics reform bill that would: – permit public officials, legislators and staff to accept gifts valued at less than […]
Ethics Reform in the News – Weekly Round-Up
The debate over ethics reform is heating in the Capitol. Governor Cuomo has not formally delivered a bill to the Legislature, but behind-the-scenes conversations have reportedly been going on for […]