Last week, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, released its 2016 Annual Report. The report finds that $242.7 million was spent on lobbying […]
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JCOPE Announces Settlement With Uber for Under-Reporting Lobbying Expenses
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, announced that it has reached a settlement with Uber for under-reporting its lobbying expenses in 2015-16. Uber […]
JCOPE to Meet Tuesday @ 10:00
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its next meeting this coming Tuesday at 10:00 am. (The meeting agenda is here.) Among the agenda items for discussion by the […]
JCOPE to Meet Today
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its monthly meeting this morning at 10:30 am. The meeting will be webcast through this link. The meeting agenda includes the staff […]
JCOPE to Meet On Tuesday, February 28
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its next meeting at 10:30 on Tuesday, Feb. 28th. Agenda items for the meeting include: a staff update on the Governor’s 2017-18 […]
JCOPE Staff Offers Legislative Recommendations
At JCOPE’s meeting last Tuesday, Executive Director Seth Agata announced the release of 19 staff recommendations for legislative changes. However, these proposals have not been approved or endorsed by JCOPE’s […]
JCOPE Announces Settlements With Companies Involved in Silver, Skelos Cases
Last week, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) announced that it has entered into settlement agreements with two companies for Lobbying Act violations. The two companies were implicated in […]
JCOPE Gets Feedback on Proposed Lobbying Regulations
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) held a public hearing in New York City yesterday at which the Business Council of New York State, Common Cause NY, the Lawyers […]
Governor to Implement Procurement Reforms, Proposes Ethics Reforms
Yesterday afternoon, Gov. Cuomo issued a lengthy statement in which he said that he is taking a number of unilateral steps that will reduce potential conflicts of interests and fraud […]
JCOPE Releases Mid-Year Lobbying Data
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s lobbying regulator, has released mid-year lobbying data from 2016. The data show that lobbying clients spent $120.2 million on lobbying activities […]