Assembly Speaker Silver says he welcomes ethics probe
A rare apology from one of New York’s most powerful Democratic leaders regarding a payout to alleged victims of sexual harassment is raising even more questions at the state Capitol. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleEthics panel calls special meeting
The state’s ethics board has called a special meeting immediately after Labor Day. The news comes after Governor Andrew Cuomo and others have called for an investigation of a sexual harassment scandal...
View ArticleJCOPE meets; won't confirm investigation
The state ethics board held a closed door meeting Tuesday. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, is believed to be discussing whether to investigate Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, and...
View ArticleNY GOP use Democrats' words against them
The New York State Republican Party is turning a familiar Democratic Party accusation back against the Assembly Democrats, who are involved in a sexual harassment scandal.
View ArticleEthics panel launches probe
A unanimous state ethics board appears to launch a full investigation into the Assembly’s sexual harassment scandal. The vote followed an acrimonious meeting, where commissioners appointed by the...
View ArticleState ethics board impeded by secrecy rules
New York state’s ethics board is coming under criticism as it launches an investigation that is believed to focus on a sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly. The secrecy rules imposed in the laws...
View ArticleEthics panel report remains secret
A government reform group is calling for a state ethics panel report to be made public, one day after the panel investigating charges against Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn) sent a report to the...
View ArticleLopez report details disturbing allegations of sexual harassment
The Legislative Ethics Commission released its report on the sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez. It’s conclusions have New York City’s National Organization for Women calling...
View ArticleCuomo says Lopez should be expelled, stops short of criticizing Speaker Silver
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the subject of a scathing ethics commission report on sexual harassment, to resign from office or be expelled.
View ArticleNY State Assembly Speaker Silver moves on from Lopez controversy
One day after the state’s powerful Assembly speaker admitted “glaring failures” in his handling of a sexual abuse case, the Albany establishment seemed to be moving on, with the usual round of press...
View ArticleSilver, Cuomo slide in new poll
A new poll finds a slim majority of voters think Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should step down from his leadership post, following two reports that were critical of his handling of a sexual...
View ArticleSpeaker Silver says latest assemblyman accused of sexual harassment should leave
The legislative session begins with the New York State Assembly still plagued by sexual harassment scandals. Seven women have now accused a Buffalo-area assemblyman of sexual harassment.Assemblyman...
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