ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A Florida woman has sued New York’s ethics commission over its demand that she register as a lobbyist because she paid for billboards to criticize the state’s molestation laws. Kat Sullivan said in a lawsuit filed ...

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ALBANY — New York’s ethics commission says certain activities by media consultants constitute lobbying under state law and should be reported. In an advisory opinion Tuesday, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics says media relations and communications services don’t necessarily ...

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ALBANY (AP) — The commission in charge of regulating ethics and lobbying in New York government has created a tip line and website for people to report alleged violations by state officials and lobbyists. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is replacing the chairwoman of the troubled state ethics board he created more than a year ago. Cuomo says lawyer Daniel Horwitz, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan, will take over from Westchester County ...

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ALBANY — New York’s secretive ethics board made it clear Monday that members did not vote to block the investigation of a sexual-harassment scandal in the state Assembly. The issue was discussed in a closed-door meeting a week ago, which ...

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ALBANY— New York state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics is scheduled to hold a public hearing that goes to the heart of a conflict involving Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a $2 million check from casino operators to a lobbying group ...

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Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore, president of the District Attorneys Association of New York, will chair the state’s new Joint Commission on Public Ethics. JCOPE is an independent enforcement unit with broad oversight of state government. The commission has ...

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