ALBANY—Michael Cherkasky, the man David Paterson appointed to lead the embattled Commission on Public Integrity as he seeks to dissolve it, just issued a statement “respectfully” saying the governor was wrong to call for the commissioners to resign.
“After my full review, I respectfully submit, however, that the Governor’s request should be withdrawn,” Cherkasky Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson just announced plans to completely overhaul the way government ethics are enforced on the state level. His plan creates a new body of five people, appointed by an independent screening panel, to oversee the executive and legislative branches, as well as campaign financing and lobbying.
“We will take politics and the perception Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson just announced plans to completely overhaul the way government ethics are enforced on the state level. His plan creates a new body of five people, appointed by an independent screening panel, to oversee the executive and legislative branches, as well as campaign financing and lobbying.
"We will take politics and the perception of Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson said that he would push ahead with plans to create a new government ethics commission, which he announced yesterday, even after the executive director of the Commission on Public Integrity, Herb Teitelbaum, heeded the governor’s call and resigned. (The other commissioners have not.)
Paterson, speaking to reporters after a ceremony commemorating police Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson said that he would push ahead with plans to create a new government ethics commission, which he announced yesterday, even after the executive director of the Commission on Public Integrity, Herb Teitelbaum, heeded the governor's call and resigned. (The other commissioners have not.)
Paterson, speaking to reporters after a ceremony commemorating Read More
ALBANY—Robert Hermann, who was alleged by Inspector General Joseph Fisch to have violated the public officers law, is no longer working for the Democrats in the State Senate.
“Today, the Senate accepted the resignation of Mr. Robert Hermann, Special Counsel to the Senate Majority, effective immediately,” Austin Shafran, press secretary for Majority Leader Malcolm Read More
ALBANY—Robert Hermann, who was alleged by Inspector General Joseph Fisch to have violated the public officers law, is no longer working for the Democrats in the State Senate.
"Today, the Senate accepted the resignation of Mr. Robert Hermann, Special Counsel to the Senate Majority, effective immediately," Austin Shafran, press secretary for Majority Leader Malcolm Read More
ALBANY—Admitting he has been a "lightning rod for controversy," Herb Teitelbaum has resigned as executive director of the Commission on Public Integrity, effective June 24.
After a report issued by Inspector General Joseph Fisch alleged that Teitelbaum violated the public-officers law, David Paterson called for Teitelbaum and other commissioners to resign. There was Read More
ALBANY—Admitting he has been a “lightning rod for controversy,” Herb Teitelbaum has resigned as executive director of the Commission on Public Integrity, effective June 24.
After a report issued by Inspector General Joseph Fisch alleged that Teitelbaum violated the public-officers law, David Paterson called for Teitelbaum and other commissioners to resign. There was initial Read More
ALBANY—His call to re-make the Public Integrity Commission was not heeded. Now, David Paterson is announcing that he is submitting legislation to create a new Government Ethics Commission with oversight of lobbying, campaign finance and other areas of government.
Paterson was snubbed openly by other elected officials and the gubernatorially appointed commissioners, who stood Read More
