[1]Alessandra Biaggi - Democrat for State Senate



Hi, friends -

Tomorrow, Alessandra will lead a Senate hearing to investigate the Joint
Committee on Public Ethics (JCOPE), New York’s ineffective ethics and
lobbying oversight board.

The hearing is part of Alessandra’s continued crusade to clean up Albany.
This investigation into JCOPE is badly needed, and we’re proud of
Alessandra for leading the charge for reform. We’ll explain more about the
history of JCOPE and where we can go from here in just a moment, but
first:

[ [link removed] ]Please add your name to show Alessandra she has your support as she
leads the Senate hearing to reform JCOPE, New York’s ethics and lobbying
oversight board.

As many of you know, Albany has been plagued with corruption for decades.
In 2011, JCOPE was founded in an attempt to root that corruption out by
launching investigations into ethical violations and regulating lobbying
in New York state.

But an organization that is corrupt can not, of course, do an effective
job investigating corruption. Since its founding, the board has struggled
to earn trust with the public due to persistent integrity issues.

Here are some examples of JCOPE’s failures:

 1. Members of JCOPE have a reputation for asking harsh, probing questions
of sexual assault survivors, but then abandoing their cases entirely
and refusing to follow up
 2. A member was accused of leaking confidential information to Andrew
Cuomo — and then the board voted against investigating that leak
 3. The board gave the green light for Andrew Cuomo to receive a $5
million book deal

Alessandra has long supported an overhaul of JCOPE, and this hearing will
be an opportunity for her and other senators to truly get to the bottom of
the board’s troubles so we can begin the process of reform.

And the fact that New York State is under new leadership with Governor
Kathy Hochul means that we have a real opportunity to make change and
overhaul JCOPE so that it functions as originally intended.

If you’d like to show your support for Alessandra going into the hearing,
please:

[ [link removed] ]Add your name here to let Alessandra know you’re with her as she works
to hold members of JCOPE accountable and root out corruption in the board
going forward.

Thank you for your support, and we will share more information on the
hearing once we have it.

- Team AB

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