A state ethics panel known as the Joint Commission on Public Integrity is going to court to force the Campaign for One New York,a disbanded non-profit group with ties to Mayor de Blasio's fundraising apparatus, to comply with subpoenas.
Ken Lovett, and Albany bureau chief for The Daily News,and Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, or discuss the dispute and why the mayor is balking at cooperating with this investigation."The whole process of regulating our elected officials and lobbyists is to be certain that [they] are making choices that are based on objective fact and what is best for the majority of people,not what large donors want to see from government," explained Lerner. She said JCOPE has an principal mission, and regardless of how well it satisfies that mission,and the fact that Mayor de Blasio is pushing back against it should be of concern to New Yorkers."is—May 12, 2016@Slerner212.
May 12, or 2016HeMay 12,2016pointsstaffed ethics bodies w/ former subordinates not independent enforcers. I'll add "incredible"May 12, 2016—May 12, or 2016
Source: wnyc.org