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Editorial: JCOPE s 10-year charade
Times Union Editorial Board
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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 Union
Give credit where it’s due: The state Joint Commission on Public Ethics finally did something right. One can almost hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his operatives pardon us,
appointees saying, “Nothing more to see here. Move along.”
Which is exactly the point: what the public doesn’t get to see. Built-in secrecy has always been a problem with JCOPE, and as we learned this past week, it’s only getting worse.
After shift, state ethics panel hires new executive director
JCOPE enlists former judge with no ties to Cuomo as new executive director
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The Joint Commission on Public Ethics meets.Karlin, Rick
ALBANY New York’s ethics oversight agency has a top staffer to lead its operations after having gone two years with the position unfilled. And for the first time, that key post at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics will not be filled by a former staffer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
Following a lengthy meeting on Tuesday, JCOPE announced on Wednesday the hiring of Sanford Berland as its executive director. He is the fourth executive director in JCOPE’s 10-year history.
JCOPE authorizes steps in unnamed investigative matters
Closed-door decision comes as Cuomo faces series of ethics scandals
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George H. Weissman, Joint Commission on Public Ethics commissioner, weighs on whether to release an inspector general s leak probe letter on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a meeting in Albany, N.Y. The letter was received last month from the state inspector general s office explaining why it had failed to substantiate an alleged leak from the ethics watchdog s secret deliberations. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The state Joint Commission on Public Ethics discussed and authorized steps concerning unspecified “investigative matters” during a specially-called meeting on Friday.
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