Governor Releases Public Corruption Bill

Last night, Gov. Cuomo released his Public Trust Act (Governor’s Program Bill), which follows the recent indictments of a State Senator, two Assemblymembers and a New York City Councilman (among others), was first announced the by the Governor on

The Governor’s bill would establish a new class of public corruption crimes; increase penalties for existing public corruption offenses; revise other provisions of law to make it easier for prosecutors to successfully prosecute public corruption offenses; and impose expansive post-conviction restrictions on persons convicted of public corruption (and in some cases the entities they work for or hold a leadership role in) getting state contracts or tax breaks, serving as a public employee and working as a lobbyist.

Read the bill and sponsor’s memo.

Read news coverage of the proposal on Capital Tonight, Capitol Confidential, Newsday (behind a pay-wall) and the AP.