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Ethics Reform Bill Update (Updated)

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Hinman Straub

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) […]

Posted in CPI, Ethics, Governor, JCOPE, Legislature Read More

Reaction to Ethics Reform Bill

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Hinman Straub

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 […]

Posted in CPI, Ethics, Governor, JCOPE, Legislature, Lobbying, Ethics and Elections Compliance Read More

Ethics Reform Bill Released

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Hinman Straub

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 […]

Posted in BOE, Campaign Finance, Governor, JCOPE, Legislature Read More

Agreement Announced on Ethics Reform, Part II

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Hinman Straub

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 […]

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Agreement Announced on Ethics Reform

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Hinman Straub

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 […]

Posted in BOE, Campaign Finance, CPI, Elections, Ethics, Governor, JCOPE, Legislature, Lobbying, Ethics and Elections Compliance Read More

Progress on Ethics Reform Bill?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Hinman Straub

The Albany political blogs are reporting that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders are nearing an agreement to overhaul the state’s ethics laws. According to the details (being reported here […]

Posted in Governor, Legislature, Lobbying, Ethics and Elections Compliance Tagged CPI, JCOPE Read More

Boyland Charged by Legislative Ethics Commission

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Hinman Straub

The New York State Legislative Ethics Commission (LEC) has issued a “notice of reasonable cause” (a “NORC”) alleging that Assemblyman William Boyland (D – Brooklyn) violated various provisions of the […]

Posted in Ethics, Legislature Tagged Legislative Ethics Commission, Public Officers Law Read More

The New York Times Calls for Ethics Reform – Now

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Hinman Straub

Saturday’s New York Times declares that “Albany Needs Ethics Reform — Now.” The Times looks at the 10 legislative working days scheduled between now and June 20th, and expresses frustration […]

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Common Cause Calls for Ethics Reform

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Hinman Straub

In a Times Union opinion piece, Common Cause/NY Executive director Susan Lerner calls on legislative leaders to act on “strong ethics and campaign finance reform legislation.” Lerner applauds the recent […]

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Ethics Reform Update

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Hinman Straub

Jimmy Vielkind of the Times Union reports that the ethics reform bill – apparently being negotiated behind closed doors – will not address enforcement of the state’s campaign finance laws. […]

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