New Yorkers spend millions of dollars for state ethics watchdogs, yet it has consistently been federal prosecutors who have brought justice to Albany. (wamc.org)
Also, all of these investigations were brought by federal prosecutors, not state ethics watchdogs. (wamc.org)
State ethics watchdog JCOPE slapped $ 270,000 in fines on two firms that figured prominently in the corruption trials of disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. (nystateofpolitics.com)