Charged With Regulating Conflict of Interests, Ethics Commission Hid Its Own
New York’s transparency watchdog found that the ethics commission violated open records law by redacting its own recusal forms.
Chris Bragg · April 17, 2024
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The ethics commission requires members to flag potential conflicts on a disclosure form. It doesn't believe that information should be public. | Logo: COELIG | Illustration: Maia Hibbett
Ethics commission staff redacted every entry on every person or organization listed by every commissioner.
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Chris Bragg is the Albany bureau chief at New York Focus. He has done investigative reporting on New York government and politics since 2009, most recently at The Buffalo News and Albany Times Union.
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