ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in New York state say they’ll soon unveil new proposals to crack down on government corruption. Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Judy Griffin plan to unveil their ideas Tuesday on Long Island. Later in the ...

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ALBANY — The arrest of a powerful New York lawmaker on federal corruption charges threw one of America’s most powerful statehouses into disarray, destabilizing the state’s Senate while complicating an already contentious legislative agenda. Senate leader Dean Skelos, 67, of ...

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ALBANY (AP) — New York state lawmakers will soon vote on an ethics bill intended to address Albany’s pernicious corruption problem — but so far they’re declining to release the details. The proposal will require lawmakers to disclose their outside ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is defending his corruption commission’s focus on the Legislature rather than the executive branch, saying New York’s long run of corruption cases involved lawmakers. But state Republican Chairman Ed Cox says that since 2008, Democratic ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced a proposed overhaul of ethics enforcement in New York government forced by an unprecedented string of corruption cases. The Clean Up Albany Act of 2011 would create what lawmakers call an independent commission ...

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Rochester attorney Hillel Deutsch is the new public integrity officer for the Rochester Regional Office of the New York State Attorney General. His appointment was announced Friday by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section has a storied 34-year history of pursuing corruption in government and safeguarding the public trust. That trust was breached, however ...

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The former chief investment officer at the state Comptroller’s Office has pleaded guilty to a felony charge for his role in a long-running scheme to use state Common Retirement Fund money to reward political allies.

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