Those of who regularly deal with lobbying compliance and related issues have been following JCOPE’s efforts to develop and adopt its Comprehensive Lobbying Regulations (19 NYCRR Part 943) very closely, […]
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JCOPE to Meet – Tuesday, October 30 @ 10:30 am
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, holds its next meeting tomorrow at 10:30 am. The meeting agenda is here; the meeting will be […]
Watch JCOPE’s Lobbying Overview Training
Last week, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) held a training session in Albany on the requirements of Lobbying Act and on the new comprehensive Lobbying Regulations that take […]
JCOPE Issues Guidance on New Lobbying Regulations
The Joint Commission on Public ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, has released a guidance document on the state’s comprehensive lobbying regulations that that will take effect on […]
JCOPE Adopts Lobbying Regulations
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has formally adopted the comprehensive lobbying regulations that it first proposed in (August 2016?). JCOPE’s notice of adoption was published in the May […]
JCOPE Gives Final Approval to Lobbying Regulations
At its meeting earlier today, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) approved new regulations that will govern New York’s lobbying industry. This process started almost a year –and-a-half ago […]
JCOPE to Meet Tuesday, April 24 @ 10:30
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, holds its next meeting tomorrow at 10:30 am. The meeting agenda is here; the meeting will be […]
JCOPE Announces Settlements ‘Related to Donations to Campaign for One New York’
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, announced today that it has reached settlement agreements with two lobbying organizations and individual lobbyists regarding alleged […]
JCOPE Is Seeking a Director of Lobbying
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) is seeking a Director of Lobbying who will “oversee the administration and review of all required filings under the New York State Lobbying […]
Appeals Court Rejects Efforts to Close ‘LLC loophole’
Earlier today, a mid-level state appellate court rejected two efforts by the Brennan Center for Justice to close New York’s “LLC loophole.” Back in 1996, the New York State Board […]