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 […]
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Evaluating Albany’s Ethics Reform Bill
The debate over the ethics bill (which has not yet been delivered to the Governor for his signature), and its shortcomings, continues today. Lawrence Norden, Counsel to the Brennan Center […]
Ethics Reform Bill Update (Updated)
The Senate and Assembly introduced the agreed-to ethics reform bill late last week. The Governor’s program Bill is S.5679 Skelos/A.8301 Silver. Speaker Silver has also introduced a chapter amendment (A.8304) […]
Reaction to Ethics Reform Bill
Now that there is an actual bill available, the reactions are coming in. On the news side, some interesting details begin to emerge: New York Times: “The actual language of […]
Ethics Reform Bill Released
The final version of Governor’s Program Bill #9, the Public Integrity Reform Act, has been released to the public. Get the bill and the sponsor’s memo. I will update with […]
Agreement Announced on Ethics Reform, Part II
Following up on Friday’s late-afternoon announcement of a deal on ethics reform, Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders held a press conference yesterday to shed more light on the agreement […]
Agreement Announced on Ethics Reform
The Governor and legislative leaders released a joint statement late this afternoon saying that they have reached three-way agreement on Clean Up Albany Act of 2011. There is no bill […]