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ALBANY — A commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state’s employees and elected officials violates the state’s constitution bec
ALBANY — A commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state's employees and elected officials violates the state's constitution because it is too independent, a state
A commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state's employees and elected officials violates the state's constitution because it is too independent, a state judge ruled Monday in a decision that could gut the body's power to combat corruption and influence-peddling.
A State Supreme Court judge's ruling granted attorneys for the state government 10 days to make a request that the entire 2022 state law creating the commission not be struck
A commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state's employees and elected officials violates the state's constitution because it is too independent, a state judge ruled Monday in a decision that could gut the body's power to combat corruption and influence-peddling. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been fighting an attempt by the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government to force him to forfeit $5 million he got for writing a book about his administration’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The com...