{"id":429852,"date":"2022-04-11T02:17:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T23:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dont-expect-hochuls-ethics-panel-to-be-better-than-the-old-one\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T02:17:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T23:17:27","slug":"dont-expect-hochuls-ethics-panel-to-be-better-than-the-old-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-expect-hochuls-ethics-panel-to-be-better-than-the-old-one\/","title":{"rendered":"#Don&#8217;t expect Hochul&#8217;s ethics panel to be better than the old one"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29f04911fb1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29f04911fb1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-expect-hochuls-ethics-panel-to-be-better-than-the-old-one\/#%E2%80%9CDont_expect_Hochuls_ethics_panel_to_be_better_than_the_old_one%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Don&#8217;t expect Hochul&#8217;s ethics panel to be better than the old one&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDont_expect_Hochuls_ethics_panel_to_be_better_than_the_old_one%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Don&#8217;t expect Hochul&#8217;s ethics panel to be better than the old one&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to \u201cblow up\u201d the state\u2019s dysfunctional ethics panel, but the \u201creforms\u201d announced in her budget deal with legislative leaders fall far short.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, JCOPE, was mocked as JJOKE for one central reason: The very people it was supposed to police \u2014 the governor and state lawmakers, in particular \u2014 got to pick its members. That lack of independence rendered it toothless from the moment it began 11 years ago.  \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>JCOPE\u2019s three main architects included two legislative leaders, Shelly Silver and Dean Skelos, who both later went to prison on federal corruption charges, plus Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also driven from office over his own numerous ethical lapses.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul vowed to replace JCOPE with a real, hard-nosed, <em>independent<\/em> watchdog. But lawmakers insisted on retaining their role in picking commissioners \u2014 to make sure the panel never came after <em>them.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>They shot down Hochul\u2019s plan to have the state\u2019s law-school deans choose the panel\u2019s commissioners the moment she proposed it, giving the deans only the right to \u201cvet\u201d the names for any \u201cissues,\u201d as state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins puts it.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul insists the deans won\u2019t be \u201ca rubber stamp,\u201d and she did win improvements like greater transparency on the panel\u2019s decision-making and better staff training.<\/p>\n<p>Nice try, gov, but as long as its members are chosen by the people they\u2019re supposed to police, it\u2019ll be hard to see the new Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government as truly \u201cindependent.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The acronym CELG may end the JCOPE-JJOKE schtick, but the new ethics body is all too likely to deserve the same contempt.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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