JCOPE members convene for
a state ethics commission meeting Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)
Not exact matches
The first public
meeting of the
state's new ethics commission came on the day that another State Senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption cha
state's new
ethics commission came on the day that another
State Senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption cha
State Senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges.
The
state's new
ethics commission, announced this week, is already raising some questions after holding its first
meeting in private, without public notice.
The
ethics commission's first
meeting comes on the same day that
State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.
Outside David Grandeau, a former
state ethics oversight official, and now a blogger, said he thinks the closed door session was a «not a good way to start» the
commission, calling the public portion of the
meeting a «dog and pony show».
An administration official told the Times Union on Monday that panel appointees of the executive and judicial branch indicated at their
meeting last week that they have soured on the idea of a raise for two reasons: because only two lawmakers have formally
stated their case to the
commission this year, and because
ethics reforms approved this year have been lambasted as not properly addressing recent corruption.
The
state's
ethics watchdog, the Joint
Commission on Public
Ethics, will hold an emergency
meeting Tuesday; while its proceedings are secret, good - government groups have filed formal complaints against Lopez and it is expected commissioners will weigh authorizing an investigation.
The first public
meeting of the
state's new
ethics commission came on the day that another
state senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges.
But another source said the updated filings have more to do with a change made to ensure the firm is
meeting the expanded definition of lobbying put into place last year by the
state ethics commission.
The
State Ethics Commission is expected to vote on proposed
ethics regulations at the
Commission's regular monthly
meeting in October.