State Supreme Court Justice Craig Doran signed off on a court order that clears the way for three county-linked local development corporations to dissolve, says County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo. Each LDC has its own board, which must meet and agree to dissolve the entity and transfer assets and contracts to the county. Dinolfo asked each […]
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Cuomo talks Moreland Commission on Charlie Rose
Governor Andrew Cuomo disbanded his much ballyhooed Moreland Commission because the State Legislature passed an ethics reform package. At least that’s what he told Charlie Rose during an interview last night. Cuomo said he’d told legislators that if they didn’t pass ethics legislation that he wanted, he’d form the commission to examine public corruption in […]
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Commission recommends public financing of campaigns; can’t crack dark money group’s shell
Last night, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s public corruption commission — the Moreland Commission as it’s often called — released its preliminary report, and its findings ought to surprise no one. In short, the report says that New York has lax campaign contribution rules, that enforcement of those rules sucks, and that the state has a pay-to-play […]
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Governor proposes new anti-bribery laws
This afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the Public Trust Act, a legislative package that would “establish a new class of public corruption crimes and expand the current definitions of public corruption offenses,” according to a press release. In some cases, the legislation would bring state statutes in line with federal laws. That would be the […]
