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A New York State Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission had to be postponed Monday. There were concerns that it might have been in violation of New York’s open meetings law because too many Senators were opting to participate over Zoom, instead of showing up in person.
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Some members of the state’s ethics commission pressed Tuesday for a subpoena to look into a controversy over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s hiring of former aide…
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Advocates for stronger public ethics laws in New York state government called on Democrats Wednesday to hold hearings on how those rules could be…
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State lawmakers in New York could take the first step this year toward scrapping the state’s current ethics agencies and replacing them with a new, more…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have violated state ethics laws, according to published reports, that he used his staff to help him write a book on how he managed…
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The New York state ethics commission has settled with a former assemblymember and a former senate staffer in two cases involving sexual harassment.The…
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A national report finds that New York State’s ethics panel is among the worst in the nation. Reform groups say that’s not news to them, and have called…
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A recent legislative hearing on sexual harassment in state government focused in part on the role of the state’s ethics commission in investigating…
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A former Buffalo state lawmaker will pay a $10,000 fine for making unwanted sexual advances to a female staffer and offering her money or a job if she…
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Democrats are poised to lead the state Senate starting next month, but they will still lack power on the state’s ethics panel. A law implemented several…