ethics

There was a 52% increase in lobbying spending from the energy sector.

The new resolution appears more likely to pass now that an ethics investigation of the fabulist congressmember has concluded.

Tommy Torres, a longtime mayoral ally who was recently hired to work in Adams’ office, was sued by the city for an unpaid debt accrued during a failed bid for a city council seat.

"The mere fact of establishing an investigative subcommittee does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred," lawmakers said.

Now it will be up to Attorney General Letitia James to enforce the resolution passed Tuesday by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which requires Cuomo to pay back his book proceeds within 30 days.

Crown Publishing paid him $5.1 million for the memoir.

“If Hochul wants to break with the gigantic ethical hangover that Cuomo left in Albany then a good way to do that is to not appoint Cuomo officials,” said John Kaehny of Reinvent Albany.

'The powers-that-be don’t want JCOPE to work.'

The Governor's Office and the MTA also declined to comment on why it misled the public.

Democratic lawmakers are calling for a new ethics system where 'you don't want to break our rules or laws because there's a shitload of trouble you can get into.'