Assemblyman Ortiz doesn't expect Speaker Silver to fall
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a possible ethics probe after it was disclosed this week that he steered more than one-hundred-thousand dollars in secret payments to settle...
View ArticleVox Pop : Open Forum – Are Politicians Inherently Bad? : 9/11/12
From the first days of Watergate, to pay-to-play in the Massachusetts state legislature, to the most recent allegations of sexual harassment and a subsequent secret settlement in New York, politicians...
View ArticleSilver Says He Will Be Cleared
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he expects to be vindicated in an ethics probe into the $103,000 settlement he approved to end sexual harassment claims against a fellow Democrat.Silver tells The...
View ArticleNY Ethics Board: Lopez Sex Report Will Be Public
The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics board says its report into accusations that Assemblyman Vito Lopez sexually harassed young, women staffers will soon be made public.The state Joint...
View ArticleNew York Ethics Report in Sen. Lopez Scandal Could Be Released This Month
The state ethics commission report on the Assemblyman Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal might finally be made public later this month. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, issued a...
View ArticleLopez Report Released: "Alarming" But Not Criminal
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York district attorney says he has completed his investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez, and the lawmaker's conduct was "alarming" but not...
View ArticleVito Lopez Report Details Disturbing Allegations of Sexual Harassment
The Legislative Ethics Commission released its report on the sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez. It’s conclusions have New York’s National Organization for Women calling for...
View ArticleHudson Valley Lawmaker Reacts to Report on NYS Assemblyman
New York’s Legislative Ethics Commission released a report Wednesday from the state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics. The report focuses on sexual harassment allegations against Brooklyn Assemblyman...
View ArticleNY Assembly Speaker To Propose Lopez Removal
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is proposing that state lawmakers expel Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who is accused of sexual harassment.Silver is also asking the Assembly to consider the full...
View ArticleNYC Assemblyman Lopez will resign amid sex scandal
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic New York City Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he will resign amid a sexual harassment scandal and run for New York City council.Lopez says he'll step down June 20.Lopez has...
View ArticleAlan Chartock - The Vito Lopez Sex Scandal
Faced with the possibility of being expelled from the state legislature as soon as next week, State Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Democrat from Brooklyn, today said he would resign on June 20th at the end...
View ArticleLopez To Resign Monday
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.
View ArticleNY Pol Accused Of Serial Sex Harassment To Resign
A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.Assemblyman Vito Lopez informed leaders on Saturday he...
View ArticleNY Speaker Issues Apologizes For Sex Harass Case
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has issued an apology for his handling of a sexual harassment case that spanned years involving at least four women staffers before it was detected.Silver...
View ArticleSilver Appears Likely To Survive Latest Scandal
One day after New York’s powerful Assembly Speaker admitted “glaring failures” in his handling of a sexual abuse case, the Albany establishment seemed to be moving on, with the usual round of press...
View ArticleNY Ethics Board Set To Accept Member Resignation
The New York State ethics board is set to accept the resignation of a commissioner appointed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who recently was criticized in a board report about sexual...
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