#NY state Senate to pass bill reforming Public Ethics Commission

#NY state Senate to pass bill reforming Public Ethics Commission

“#NY state Senate to pass bill reforming Public Ethics Commission” ALBANY — The Democratic-led state Senate plans to throw the book at New York’s embattled watchdog Joint Commission on Public Ethics Tuesday, preparing to pass legislation overhauling the panel.  Although JCOPE has long been criticized for its lack of transparency and close ties to Gov….

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#NY ethics panel looks into Cuomo memoir, testing scandals

#NY ethics panel looks into Cuomo memoir, testing scandals

“#NY ethics panel looks into Cuomo memoir, testing scandals” The ultra-secretive New York state ethics panel said Friday it is looking into formal complaints that Gov. Andrew Cuomo used government staffers to help write his COVID memoir and administered preferential swab tests to relatives during the early days of the pandemic. Following a two-and-hour private…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s JCOPE jig may be up

#Andrew Cuomo’s JCOPE jig may be up

“#Andrew Cuomo’s JCOPE jig may be up” In another ominous sign for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) has finally filled her years-long vacancy on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which might actually lead to JCOPE doing . . . something. When last heard from, the state’s premier ethics watchslug was…

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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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