Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform Update

Governor Cuomo appointed attorney David Arroyo to JCOPE to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore.  Read the Governor’s press release, and news coverage from the AP, the Capitol Confidential blog, and the New York Law Journal (behind a paywall).

In a letter to the Syracuse Post-Standard, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick endorses Gov. Cuomo’s Public Trust Act.

The Buffalo News editorial board endorses public financing of elections as “one key to reducing Albany’s tide of corruption.”

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is willing to talk about public financing of campaigns, but he does not believe that it is the answer to corruption in Albany.