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WHAT A
METHODOLOGICALLY-SOUND REVIEW
OF LEC WOULD LOOK LIKE 1. The Statute Establishing LEC, as Written -- Chapter 14 of the Laws of 2007, Amended by Chapter 399 of the Laws of 2011 Legislative Law §80 2. Legislative Law §80, as Applied -- -- oversight of which was within the purview of the Legislature's Committees on Ethics, Governmental Operations, Oversight, & Commission on Governmental Administration A. Examination of annual reports -- would have revealled non-compliance with requirements of annual reports (ie complaints, recommendations) 2012 Annual Report (Lanza, O'Donnell, Jordan, Montgomery) "Complaints and Investigations As complaints must now be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2013, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE." 2013 Annual Report (Lanza, Lavine, Breslin, Jordan) "Complaints and Investigations As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2012, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE." (p. 8). 2014 Annual Report (Lanza, Lavine, Breslin, Montesano) "Complaints and Investigations As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2014, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE." (p. 7). 2015 Annual Report (Lanza, Lavine, Breslin, Montesano) "Legal Activity At the direction of the Commission, LEC staff met with The New York Ethics Review Commission, created by Section 21 of Part A of Chapter 399 of the Laws of New York of 2011. Staff provided materials, answered questions from the Review Commission and discussed various matters relative to the LEC. The New York Ethics Review Commission published its report, Review of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and the Legislative Ethics Commission on November 1, 2015. Complaints and Investigations As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2015, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE." (pp. 7-8). 2016 Annual Report (Lanza, Lavine, Brelin, Montesano) "Complaints and Investigations As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2016, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE." (at p. 8) 2017 Annual Report (Lanza, Lavine, Breslin, Montesano) "Complaints and Investigations As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2016, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE." (at p. 7) 2018 Annual Report (Lanza, Simotas, Breslin, Montesano) "As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2016, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE. Pursuant to Legislative Law §80(11), the LEC will refer a matter for which the commission has a 'reasonable basis to believe' that a person subject to another state oversight body may have violated section seventy-three or seventy-four of the Public Officers Law." (at p. 7) 2019 Annual Report (Breslin, Simotas, Lanza, Montesano) "As complaints must be filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the instructions for filing complaints with JCOPE are available on the LEC website. In 2016, the Legislative Ethics Commission referred all parties who wished to file a complaint to JCOPE. Pursuant to Legislative Law §80(11), the LEC will refer a matter for which the commission has a 'reasonable basis to believe' that a person subject to another state oversight body may have violated section seventy-three or seventy-four of the Public Officers Law." (at p. 7) B. examination of the required JCOPE/LEC Review Commission Report 1. the holding of a hearing -- with testimony by Commissioners & other witnesses; 2. findings of fact & conclusions of law, embodied in committee report -- in support of legislation
C. Personnel
John M. Brickman, Esq.
-- since 2016
Ellen Holtzman,
Esq.
bio -- since at least 2012
Going Forward -- and also including the press pertaining to their reporting --------------- Legislative Law Article 4 "Legislative Committee; Taking of Testimony in Legislative Committees" |
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