ethics

A Western New York political operative and former campaign aide for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump is one of more than 80 people or entities contacted by the House Judiciary Committee, which is now looking into alleged misdeeds by the president.

A recent legislative hearing on sexual harassment in state government focused in part on the role of the state’s ethics commission in investigating charges of alleged abuse.

An embattled State House Democrat convicted of accepting a bribe has resigned, under pressure from legislative leaders.

The former head of key economic develop programs for Governor Andrew Cuomo, including the Buffalo Billion, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday.

Democrats are poised to lead the state Senate starting next month, but they will still lack power on the state’s ethics panel. A law implemented several years ago will allow Republicans in the chamber to hold the majority of seats.

A Buffalo developer has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine in a bid-rigging scheme connected to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Buffalo Billion'' economic redevelopment program.

NORRISTOWN, PA (WHYY) - A judge has rejected former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane's eleventh-hour bid to stay out of jail, clearing the path for Kane to start serving her time as an inmate under county supervision.

Former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane is likely headed to jail soon. More than two years ago, Kane was convicted of leaking secret grand jury information and lying about it.

Multiple women say the former N.Y. attorney general physically attacked them. A prosecutor says she believes the women but "legal impediments" preclude any charges. She's proposed a legislative fix.

NEW YORK (Associated Press) Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to four years and three months in prison Wednesday after his conviction on public corruption charges.