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New York Gov. 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.
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New York state government’s latest ethics crisis centers on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial memoir on how he handled the COVID-19 crisis. 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.
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A state ethics agency approved a motion Tuesday that’s intended to require former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return any profits he earned from the production and sale of his pandemic-memoir to the New York Attorney General’s Office for further distribution.
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The state ethics commission on Tuesday voted to revoke permission that it granted to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to write and publish what became a controversial memoir about how he handled the COVID-19 crisis.
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The state ethics panel voted Tuesday to open an independent investigation of how the panel approved a $5 million book deal for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The deal has been the subject of a probe by the state’s attorney general as well as federal investigators.
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While the state Legislature considers ways to bolster enforcement of the state’s ethics laws for public officials, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that the current system of enforcing those rules is “flawed,” and that she wants to “turn it upside down.”
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The chair of the state Senate Ethics Committee said even though hearings to fix New York’s dysfunctional ethics panel have been delayed, she’s hopeful…
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A New York State Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission was postponed Monday over concerns that it might have been in…
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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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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…