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New York State collects and spends an enormous amount of money. Last year’s state budget, for example, exceeded $220 billion, second only to the state of California. The state is also home to some of the loosest campaign finance rules in the nation. Using the leverage of state spending powers to rake in campaign contributions has been a time-honored practice among New York’s elected officials.
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Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver faces sentencing in his corruption trial today. Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be…
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With one good-government leader calling this session Albany’s “Watergate moment,” a lawmaker from the Hudson Valley has introduced an ethics reform…
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Another week, another conviction of a high-ranking elected official. It’s hard to know if this is the tipping point for change. New Yorkers can only hope…
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The conviction of Sheldon Silver on corruption charges is not the end of legal proceedings for the former Assembly Speaker. He and his lawyers are…
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The conviction yesterday of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has provoked fresh calls to overhaul a state government with a long history of…
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Fair elections supporters held a conference call this week to push for New York State campaign finance reform and public funding of elections.A coalition…
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It’s the latest political scandal following months of intrigue in Albany and the Hudson Valley. Members of the Rockland County Republican Committee say…
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On July 2, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the formation of the “Commission to Investigate Public Corruption” under the Moreland Act. The…
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A New York State Senator from the Hudson Valley says a legislative ethics package unveiled this week by the Senate Democratic Conference includes one of…