Author: Michael

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was automatically disbarred when he was convicted last November, and now a disciplinary committee rejected his plea to remain an attorney pending his appeal in court, the Post reports:...

Reforms require approval from the Republican-controlled state Senate, which is unlikely to comply Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie last week unveiled an array of ethics reforms intended to help clean up Albany—or at least give the...

Buffalo-area Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak is scheduled to hold a fundraiser for her re-election campaign in Albany Wednesday — a week after being sanctioned for retaliating against a staffer with whom she had an affair. The...

From Joseph Spector, Gannett News Albany Bureau: Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said talks are underway and shot back at the groups. "We will be discussing many ethics issues this session, including campaign finance...

From Elected Office to Prison to Elected Office, Monserrate and Gonzalez Plot Return Ex-state senators return from prison to plot political futures (NYP) Even after spending years in the clink, these Albany felons are raring to...