The state Department of Taxation and Finance lacked adequate controls over sting operations, in one case resulting in the loss of and failure to account for about $160,000 in cash proceeds in an operation in Westchester County, according to a new report from New York Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott…. Read More →
Former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, A Brooklyn Democrat who resigned today, quickly lost his desk on the chamber floor and office in a state building. The placards that once showed Lopez’ name in front of his desk and on his office door have been removed. Lopez resigned after twin reports last… Read More →
While half of voters who participated in a Siena College poll said they agree with Gov. Andrew Cuomo that state government is working again, two-thirds said they think government is becoming more dysfunctional each day due to corruption scandals. Eighty-eight percent of participants said they believe more legislative arrests are… Read More →
Effective this morning, disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez, D-Brooklyn, is resigning from office, according to a letter released by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan. The Staten Island District Attorney’s Office and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics issued reports last Wednesday that were critical of Lopez’ conduct with women staffers…. Read More →
Westchester County officials have negotiated a $700,000 settlement with the estate of Gabriela Garin of White Plains, a Playland Amusement Park employee who was killed six years ago when she was thrown from the Mind Scrambler ride, The Journal News/lohud.com reports today. Under the agreement, which must be approved by… Read More →
As school districts continue to grapple with soaring pension costs and an annual cap on the property-tax levy, the number of administrators earning $200,000 or more a year is expected to increase 5 percent in the 2013-14 school year, Gannett’s Albany Bureau reports. This year, 256 school administrators made $200,000… Read More →
Here’s the Assembly’s resolution that will start the process to expel Assemblyman Vito Lopez after Lopez was found to have sexually harassed female aides. The Assembly Ethics Committee is expected to be tasked on Monday with coming up with a recommendation on Lopez and will undoubtedly recommend his expulsion. He… Read More →
New York will spend $90 million in NY Works funding on nearly 90 construction projects to upgrade and repair more than 50 state parks and historic sites, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today. That includes $13.18 million in the Hudson Valley. The state budget includes the money to begin construction on… Read More →
Investigators involved in the probe that led to the raid of Ramapo Town Hall this week are reviewing documents to determine whether Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence overstated assets, such as incoming revenue, for the bonds and refinancing of a $25 million bond for the construction of the Rockland Boulders baseball… Read More →
Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley paid off overdue property taxes on his home at 1347 Spring Valley Road in Yorktown, but he continues to fight a foreclosure action, The Journal News/lohud.com reports today. A foreclosure conference is scheduled for June 11 at Westchester County Court in White Plains. The U.S…. Read More →
