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Just what is the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics up to with its latest shenanigans? Whatever’s going on, it’s just the latest evidence of JCOPE’s uselessness as Albany’s ethics watchdog.
Last year, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox sued JCOPE to force a vote on whether to investigate Joseph Percoco, one of Cuomo’s top ex-aides, who was convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to six years.
At Percoco’s trial, testimony emerged that, though long gone from the executive payroll, he regularly used his old government office and phone to manage Cuomo’s 2014 re-election campaign.
The lawsuit also demanded that JCOPE probe whether Cuomo was aware of what Percoco was up to — since the apparent lawbreaking took place just steps from the governor’s own office.
Last December, a judge agreed and ordered a vote within 30 days. But JCOPE argued that it couldn’t convene a special meeting in time. So the judge postponed the vote until JCOPE’s next regular scheduled meeting, which came last Tuesday.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/02/albanys-ethics-watchdog-is-useless/
Last year, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox sued JCOPE to force a vote on whether to investigate Joseph Percoco, one of Cuomo’s top ex-aides, who was convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to six years.
At Percoco’s trial, testimony emerged that, though long gone from the executive payroll, he regularly used his old government office and phone to manage Cuomo’s 2014 re-election campaign.
The lawsuit also demanded that JCOPE probe whether Cuomo was aware of what Percoco was up to — since the apparent lawbreaking took place just steps from the governor’s own office.
Last December, a judge agreed and ordered a vote within 30 days. But JCOPE argued that it couldn’t convene a special meeting in time. So the judge postponed the vote until JCOPE’s next regular scheduled meeting, which came last Tuesday.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/02/albanys-ethics-watchdog-is-useless/
