public corruption

(Airs 10/23/26 & 10/25/26) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Julie K Brown, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Miami Herald who broke the Jeffrey Epstein story in South Florida. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Julie share listener letters and talk about Julie’s amazing work uncovering aspects of the Epstein story.

(Airs 10/23/26 & 10/25/26) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Julie K Brown, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Miami Herald who broke the Jeffrey Epstein story in South Florida. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Julie share listener letters and talk about Julie’s amazing work uncovering aspects of the Epstein story.

Three Rensselaer County officials with close ties to the ruling Republican Party were indicted last week on federal charges as part of an investigation into ballot fraud. Now, the current and former mayors of the city of Rensselaer are weighing in.

The mayor of Mount Vernon faces felony charges in a public corruption case brought by the New York state Attorney General’s office.State Attorney General…

The former mayor of a Rockland County village Monday was convicted of accepting cash and other bribes from an FBI operative posing as a crooked…

New York State’s Moreland Commission, in an effort to root out public corruption, is looking into lawmakers’ outside income. After some lawmakers rebuffed…

Former Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson turned himself in to federal authorities Monday, after being accused in a nine count indictment of embezzling…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo this week announced legislation that would better enable prosecutors crack down on public corruption. The proposal comes…

A New York State Senator who is part of the Independent Democratic Conference will announce the IDC’s campaign finance reform package later this…

As New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was introducing a measure to crack down on political corruption Tuesday, a local legislator in the Hudson Valley started…