#‘J-Joke’ is on Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin

#‘J-Joke’ is on Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin

“#‘J-Joke’ is on Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin” Count this as another one of those shifting social norms that Andrew Cuomo didn’t know about until yesterday. A decade after everyone else in Albany, he is finally slamming the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as “J-Joke.”  Only this time, the joke is on him. Cuomo is outraged that…

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#New York’s ‘ethics watchdog’ is worthless by design

#New York’s ‘ethics watchdog’ is worthless by design

“#New York’s ‘ethics watchdog’ is worthless by design” New York state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics sounds like the body to look into the Cuomo nursing-home scandals, but it (sadly) is of little use in any anti-corruption efforts — especially when it comes to the governor, who basically controls it. The panel’s chairman, a Cuomo…

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