Senate Democrats shape debate on ethics commission
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1of3Buy PhotoMajority Leader of the New York State Senate Andrea Stewart-Cousins speaks about the coronavirus during a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Logo at the entrance to the NYS Joint Commission on Public Ethics offices in Albany, NY, Tuesday May 28, 2013. (John Carl D Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D Annibale, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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ALBANY Since assuming a majority in 2019, state Senate Democratic conference had been relatively quiet concerning New York’s much-criticized ethics oversight agency: For more than two years, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins had declined until recently to fill the conference’s lone appointment to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.
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Salem Community Pantry distribution, 4-6 p.m.
City council, 6 p.m., Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/92000023141?pwd=d1pnVEVjbnZBK1hGM3NocWJseFBEQT09)
Families Anonymous support group, Oxford House, 320 Benton Road, 7:30 p.m., 424-1468
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Good as New Shop, Methodist Church, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 50% off coats and jackets
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Gift wrapping service, Moose, 43 W. Rebecca, noon to 3 p.m., bring your own paper if you want
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