2021 PRESS -- JCOPE

January 3, 2021
"Lawsuit Challenges New York State Ethics Commission"
Wall Sreet Journal (Jimmy Vielkind)

February 6, 2021
"Cuomo administration's stonewalling goes far beyond nursing home deaths"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

February 10, 2021
"State ethics panel chairman Michael Rozen resigns post"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

February 11, 2021
"State GOP chair: JCOPE 'embroiled in its own ethics scandal"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

February 12, 2021
"New York's 'ethics watchdog' is worthless by design"
New York Post (editorial)

February 21, 2021
"Cuomo's new ethics chair ran governor's 'defense' program"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

February 23, 2021
"GOP chair questions Cuomo's ethics chair appointment"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

March 2, 2021
"Why NY doesn't have an investigative body for Cuomo"
City & State (Zach Williams)

March 4, 2021
"Mr. Cuomo's new void"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

March 8, 2021
"JCOPE is beyond repair"
Newsday (Blair Horner, Evan Davis)

March 9, 2021
"Former Mario Cuomo Counsel Evan Davis on 'Broken' JCOPE"
Spectrum (Susan Arbetter)

March 9, 2021
"NY needs answers now on Cuomo's seven-figure book deal"
New York Post (editorial)

March 10, 2021
"State ethics board needs to be replaced"
Daily Gazette (editorial)

March 18, 2021
"Replacing NYS Ethics Watchdog: What Attys, Advocates Say"
Law360 Pulse (Marco Poggio)

March 23, 2021
"Cuomo ethics commissioners block subpoena to governor's office"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

March 24, 2021
"With new Senate appointee, JCOPE's power dynamic could shift"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

March 27, 2021
"JCOPE's corrupting power"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

May 29, 2021
"Andrew Cuomo's JCOPE jig may be up"
New York Post (editorial)

April 2, 2021
"State ethics commission with powers to investigate Cuomo has troubled history"
 WXXI (Karen DeWitt)

April 9, 2021
"JCOPE authorizes 'steps' in unnamed investigative matters"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

April 20, 2021
"New Discussions on Ethics Reform Have Started in Albany, Senate Majority Leader Says"
New York Now (Dan Clark)

April 22, 2021
"Should Albany Hold New Hearings on Ethics Reform?  These Groups Say Yes"
WSKG-NPR  (Dan Clark)

April 27, 2021
"Watchdog coalition wants hearings on JCOPE and Legislative Ethics Commission"
Legislative Gazette (Nick Califra)

April 27, 2021
"New York's ethics' overhaul on slow path to reform"
Orleans Times Herald (Chris Bragg)  & here -- Albany Times Union

April 27, 2021
"Amid Cuomo book scandal, ethics agency beefs up review of outside income"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

April 27, 2021
"JCOPE chair's agenda shift may bury controversial discussions"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

April 27, 2021
"Will New York lawmakers really eliminate JCOPE?"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

April 28, 2021
"NY ethics agency JCOPE hires new director amid Andrew Cuomo scandals"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

April 28, 2021
"After shift, state ethics panel hires new executive director"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

May 4, 2021
"Critics blast toothless state ethics commission"
Daily Star -- CNHI (Joe Mahoney)
"Reformers push for independent watchdog
to tackle government corruption"  (Niagara Gazette)

May 7, 2021
"State Ethics panel is part of the problem"
Daily Star (editorial)

May 25, 2021
"New York state Senate to pass bill reforming Public Ethics Commission"
New York Post  (Bernadette Hogan)

May 26, 2021
"New York State Ethics Panel Fails To Take Action In Scandal Involving Former Cuomo Aide"
WAER (Karen DeWitt)

May 26, 2021
"Senate Democrats Grab the Reins at JCOPE"
Capitol Confidential (Edward McKinley)

May 26, 2021
"Cuomo calls state watchdog ethics panel JCOPE 'meaningless'"
Spectrum News-1 (Morgan McKay)

May 29, 2021
"JCOPE's got 99 problems"
Albany Times Union (Casey Seiler)

June 25, 2021
"Reinvent Albany's John Kaehny on the ethics reform that never happened"
Spectrum-Capital Tonight (Susan Arbetter)

July 12, 2021
"New York's ethics watchdog is under scrutiny"
NYPIRG (Blair Horner)

July 12, 2021
"State ethics hearing delayed over transparency question"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg) 

July 19, 2021
"Cuomo staff attendance records withheld for 'law enforcement purposes'"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

August 25, 2021
"Senate panel hears testimony on New York's lackluster ethics"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

August 26, 2021
"Ethics panel revives scrutiny of Cuomo after criticism"
Daily Star (Joe Mahoney)

September 8, 2021
"Ethics agency subpoenaed in investigation of Cuomo's book"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 17, 2021
"State Inspector General resigns amid controversy"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 19, 2021
"Control waned under Cuomo"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 20, 2021
"Ethics panel apparently ignored complaint about inspector general"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 20, 2021
"Hochul 'rethinking' Inspector General appointment process"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 20, 2021
"Cuomo Ally Resigns From Post As State Watchdog"
New York Times (Grace Ashford)

September 21, 2021
"New York's ethics facade"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

October 1, 2021
"JCOPE calls special meeting to discuss internal inquiry on Cuomo book deal"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)

October 1, 2021
"JCOPE mulls Cuomo internal book inquiry"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

October 4, 2021
"Cuomo names two JCOPE appointees ahead of special meeting on Cuomo book deal"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)

October 5, 2021
"JCOPE approves internal inquiry into Cuomo's book approval"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

October 14, 2021
"Hochul wants to 'blow up JCOPE'. But how?"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

October 19, 2021
"Hochul's ethics chair protects Cuomo's $5.1 million deal"
New York Post (Carl Campanile,Bernadette Hogan)

October  5, 2021
"Shmethics: The Shenanigans of New York's ethics watchdog continues"
Daily News (editorial)

November 18, 2021
"JCOPE action non Cuomo book deal seen as 'small' step
toward righting marred history"
City & State (Sara Dorn)

November 18, 2021
"Andrew Cuomo may keep $5.1M payday despite JCOPE reversal: experts"
New York Post  (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

December 1, 2021
"In the 'New Albany', State Senate Regularly Outpaces Assembly in Reform"
Gotham Gazette (Eric Geringer-Sameth) 

December 14, 2021
"State ethics panel orders Cuomo to repay $5M from book deal"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

December 14, 2021
"Andrew Cuomo ordered to return $5.1M pandemic book profits to state"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

December 15, 2021
"An Andrew Cuomo lawsuit to keep $5M risks digging up more dirt: Lavine"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

December 16, 2021
"Cuomo may get to keep $5.1M book profits after AG warns ethics panel order is defective"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

December 30, 2021
"Why the Attorney General Stalled a Move to Collect Cuomo's Book Profits"
New York Times (Grace Ashford)

December 30, 2021
"JCOPE chair says targeted leaks of Cuomo information undermine staff"
News 10 (Sara Rizzo)

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