Governor Cuomo has signed into law a bill that allows the waiver of the two-year post- employment restrictions for former State officers and employees who are (or were) terminated before […]
Archive Lobbying, Ethics and Elections Compliance
CPI’s Draft Gift Regulations Expire
The Commission on Public Integrity’s draft regulations on gifts relating to state officers and employees, and for lobbyists and clients, have expired according to this week’s NYS Register. These draft […]
Review of the Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011, Part 3: Advocacy Donor Disclosure
Now that the Governor has approved the new ethics law (Chapter 399 of the Laws of 2011), I will be posting more in-depth explanations of the various parts of the […]
CPI Website Notice
A notice has been posted to the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) web site explaining the status of the state’s ethics laws now that the Public Integrity Reform Act has […]
Review of the Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011, Part 1: The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE)
Now that the Governor has approved the new ethics law (Chapter399 of the Laws of 2011), I will posting more in-depth explanations of the various parts of the bill. Today: […]
NYC Lobbying Commission Releases Preliminary Report
The New York City Lobbying Commission’s preliminary report is now available. The Commission’s recommndations are very much in line with what is outlined in this earlier post. Once the report […]
NYC Lobbying Commission Preparing Preliminary Report
Gotham Gazette reports that the New York City Lobbying Commission is expected to release a preliminary report, possibly as early as this afternoon. The Commission is expected to recommend: – […]
Wall Street Journal: “Albany Lobby Efforts Shift”
Jacob Gershman of the Wall Street Journal reports on the “growing crop of third-party coalitions” that has reshaped Albany’s lobbying landscape. Using the recent Common Cause report on third part […]
Common Cause/NY Reports on Anonymous Grassroots Advocacy in Albany
This week, Common Cause/NY released “Lifting the Veil: A Report Analyzing Grassroots Lobbying in New York State and Recommending Amendments to the Lobbying Act.” In it, the group examines New […]
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 […]