State Senate to pass major ethics reform Tuesday By Zack Fink New York City PUBLISHED 6:23 PM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:23 PM EDT May. 24, 2021
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While the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, also known as JCOPE, has had a rocky tenure since its creation ten years ago, government watchdogs say things went from bad to worse this year.
Just a few months ago, the agency gave the green light to a $5 million book deal for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the details of which were kept hidden from the public.
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The State Senate is expected to pass an omnibus bill reforming the embattled state ethics agency known as JCOPE