ALBANY, N.Y. – Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris will introduce new legislation, to be co-sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chair Brad Hoylman-Sigal, aimed at exposing the influence of dark money in the nomination and confirmation process of state officials. The bill would require spending to influence nominations to be disclsed to the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government.
“Today’s nominees can be tomorrow’s public officials and it is crucial for the public to know to whom they might be beholden,” said Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris.
Beginning its first full biennial period in 2023, the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (“CELG”) will require all registered lobbyists, including principal.
Beginning in 2023, the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (“CELG”), formerly known as the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (commonly referred to as.
The troubled state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, went out of business earlier this month, after Governor Kathy Hochul and the state legislature agreed to replace it with a new ethics panel.