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NY Ethics Oversight in Need of Reform | Buffalo News
A new Cornell and Reinvent Albany report exposes deep flaws in New York’s ethics oversight system, revealing how underfunding, political influence, and poor inter-agency communication undermine accountability. The study finds that agencies meant to monitor politicians are too easily swayed by the very people they’re supposed to check — especially when their budgets are set by the same lawmakers they’re tasked with holding accountable. To fix it, experts urge stable, non-political funding for ethics bodies, stronger protections for appointees, and better coordination between oversight groups —…
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