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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Tonawanda Coke Corporation was ordered Wednesday to pay nearly $25 million for violating federal environmental policies. A federal jury, in March 2013, found the company guilty of 11 counts of violating the Clean Air Act and three counts of violating ...

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Maracle Industrial Finishing, of Webster, and its general manager, John Maltese, 60, of Canandaigua, have pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. The corporation faces a maximum fine of $500,000, while Maltese faces up to three years in prison ...

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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a coalition of seven states, has notified the federal Environmental Protection Agency he intends to sue it for violating the Clean Air Act by failing to address methane emissions from the oil and natural ...

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Should federal prosecutors have the power to levy criminal charges against Internet users who violate the terms of service agreements on a given website? That is one of the questions facing the U.S. House of Representatives, which is considering legislation ...

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Wegmans has been hit with federal workplace safety citations carrying potential fines of nearly $200,000. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday accused Wegmans Food Markets Inc. of repeated violations at its corporate bakery and distribution center in Rochester.

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Edie M. Halstead, a justice of the Davenport Town Court, Delaware County, should be removed from office. The commission determined she failed to deposit ...

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City officials are hoping property owners with unaddressed code violations soon feel an additional incentive to address them; specifically, a $100 administrative fee levied on cases that remain unabated for over a year.

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NEW YORK CITY — The New York Civil Liberties Union says defendants are being illegally denied interpreters in transit court. The civil rights group makes the claim in a letter to New York City Transit.

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U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Probation Violations — Court Jurisdiction U.S. v. Janvier 08-5978-cr Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: Phillip Janvier appeals from a district court judgment revoking his term of supervised release and sentencing ...

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