Since the 1980’s, when Evan Davis served as counsel to Gov. Mario Cuomo, cycles of scandal and reform have played out in a familiar Albany rhythm. Scandal brought pressure to change to New Yo...
https://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/291751/will-new-york-lawmakers-really-eliminate-jcope/
After news broke that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo used government staff to produce his multi-million dollar book last year, an investigation began into whether taxpayer-funded resources were illegally ...
When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sought approval to publish a book last July, his government counsel wrote a letter to New York’s ethics oversight agency. In that letter, Cuomo’s special counsel, Ju...
Several members of New York’s ethics commission are seeking a criminal investigation into the alleged leak of confidential information from someone within the commission to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo...
https://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/291631/district-attorneys-pass-on-cuomo-leak-probe/
It remains unclear why the chairman of New York’s ethics commission resigned. But the decision certainly seemed abrupt. On the afternoon of Feb. 10, Michael K. Rozen had been scheduled to lead ...
After months of pleading for funding, commissioners in charge of redrawing New York’s legislative and congressional districts received word last week that a contract granting $1 million for the...
The body that will run the state’s new, publicly funded elections system is taking shape. On Wednesday, a chair and vice-chair were elected for a body that is beginning work ahead of the 2024 e...
The Times Union reported this morning on the abrupt resignation of JCOPE’s chairman on Wednesday, and his immediate replacement as chair by a former staffer to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Now state R...
In a long story this weekend about the Cuomo administration stonewalling requests for information, I touched on the alleged lack of response — over five months — to pleas from the state’s b...
Last week, Attorney General Letitia James’ office released a scathing report estimating that the Cuomo administration underreported COVID-19-related nursing home deaths by some 50 percent. Jame...