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The new state budget replaces New York’s troubled ethics commission with a new entity aimed at lowering the number of scandals in state government. But critics of the plan laid out by Governor Kathy Hochul say the measure doesn’t go far enough and could replicate some of the same problems the current commission created.

Ethics watchdogs say they are dismayed with a plan developing between Governor Kathy Hochul and New York state lawmakers that would replace the troubled state ethics commission with a new entity.

Government watchdog groups are making a push to include ethics reform in the New York state budget. Governor Kathy Hochul promised to overhaul the state’s troubled ethics oversight commission, but so far, the proposal has not been agreed to by the Legislature.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul made good on her promise to overhaul the state’s troubled ethics commission when she proposed a new structure in her State of the State message this week. But the idea is getting mixed reviews.

New York’s latest ethics crisis centers on former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s controversial memoir on how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. An effort by the state’s ethics commission to force Cuomo to repay $5 million he earned for the book highlights the weaknesses of the body that’s supposed to serve as New York’s ethics police. The current governor, Kathy Hochul, is among those demanding changes in 2022.

The New York state ethics panel voted Tuesday to open an independent investigation into how the panel approved a $5 million book deal for former Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Calling for reforms to the troubled body, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday her appointments to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The chair of the state Senate Ethics Committee says even though hearings to fix New York’s dysfunctional ethics panel have been delayed, she’s hopeful…

A New York State Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission was postponed Monday. There were concerns that it might have…