A TALE OF TWO LAWSUITS: 
PRESS REPORTING REPORTING & EDITORIALIZING

 CJA's OUTREACH TO PRESS ABOUT CJA v. JCOPE, et al.
June 2022    July 2022    January 2025-amicus curiae

#1
CJA v. JCOPE, et al -- SOLE ARTICLE

June 13, 2022
"Citizens' Group Seeks To Void Repeal And Replacement of NY Ethics Watchdog"
New York Law Journal (Brian Lee)

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#2

September 26, 2022
"Lawsuit seeks to strike key plank of new ethics law"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 26, 2022
"New ethics commission faces lawsuit and criticism"
News 10-WABC (Amal Tlaige)

October 3, 2022
"Lawsuit challenges committee's confirmation power to New York's new ethics commission"
Spectrum (Ryan Whalen)

October 7, 2022
"Lawsuit challenges confidentiality of ethics commission"
News 10-WABC (Amal Tlaige)  news@news10.com;  JDeLine@news10.com 

April 26, 2023
"Cuomo sues ethics panel saying its creation was flawed"
Albany Times Union (Joshua Solomon)

April 26, 2023
"Cuomo, who specialized in controlling ethics commissions,
sues existing ethics commission for being too controlling of the governor"
City & State (Shantel Destra)

April 26, 2023
"Andrew Cuomo lawsuit says state has no authority to take his book millions"
New York Post (Zach Williams)

June 2, 2023
"Disgraced ex NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo fights in court
to keep $5M from COVID book"
NY Post (Zach Williams) 

June 2, 2023
"Ex Gov Andrew Cuomo's $5M book deal case heads to court"
Gothamist (Jon Campbell)

June 29, 2023
"The Constitutionality of the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government"
Gov't Law Center/Albany Law School (Bennett Liebman)

September 11, 2023
"NY Ethics Agency in Doubt after Andrew Cuomo Lawsuit Win (1)"
Bloomberg Law (Zach Williams)

To contact the reporter on this story: Zach Williams at zwilliams@bloombergindustry.com

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Fawn Johnson at fjohnson@bloombergindustry.com; Stephanie Gleason at sgleason@bloombergindustry.com

July , 2023
"Fighting to keep $5M, ex-Gov Andrew Cuomo wages war on new NY's ethics board"
Gothamist (Jon Campbell)

September 11, 2023
"Cuomo wins lawsuit, leaves New York without ethics watchdog"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)

September 11, 2023
"Cuomo Wins Book Lawsuit, Leaving New York's ethics panel in Limbo"
New York Times (Grace Ashford)

September 11, 2023
"Judge rules in favor of Cuomo's bid to keep book money, neuter ethics board"
Daily News (Tim Balk)

September 11, 2023
"Ex-Gov Andrew Cuomo notches big winwith bombshell ruling that deems
NY ethics panel probing his $5M COVID book deal ‘unconstitutional’"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Ben Kochman)

September 11, 2023
"The New York ethics commission that pursued former Govenor Cuomo
is unconstitutional, a judge says"
AP (Michael Hill)   The Independent

September 11, 2023
"Judge strikes down New York state ethics panel"
Public Radio (Karen DeWitt)  NY-NOW

September 11, 2023
"In win for Ex. Gov Cuomo, ethics panel ruled unconstitutional"
Gothamist (Brigid Bergin)

September 11, 2023
"Court decision upends New York ethics oversight"
Spectrum News (Kate Lisa)

September 11, 2023
"Cuomo wins lawsuit disbanding Albany's ethics watchdog body"
Buffalo News (Chris Bragg)

September 11, 2023
"Andrew Cuomo scores $5 M court Victory in Legal Upset"
Newsweek (Katherine Fung)

September 11, 2023
"Albany judge deems state ethics panel unconstitutional in Cuomo book case"
AM-NY - Politics NY (Ethan Stark-Miller)

September 11, 2023
"Cuomo wins initial legal fight to unravel new ethics commission"
City & State (Vaughn Golden)

September 11, 2023
"Reinvent Albany advisor on ruling that NYS ethics commission is unconstitutional"
Spectrum News (Casey Bortnick)

September 11, 2023
"Cuomo wins lawsuit disbanding Albany's ethics watchdog"
Buffalo News (Chris Bragg)

"Suit spurs talk of constitutional ethics change"
Spectrum News (Kate Lisa)

September 12, 2023
"Albany and ethics never mix.
A judge knocking down the state watchdog is due to the sloppy way it was created"
Daily News (editorial)

September 12, 2023
"New Yorkers need a say on state ethics panel"
Newsday (editorial)

"New York court rules state ethics commission unconstitutional"
Jurist  (Rebekah Yeager-Malken)

September 15, 2023
"How a NY judge ruling a new ethics panel unconstitutional
could 'blow up ethics enforcement'" 
Gothamist (Rajath Vikram, Josefa Velasquez and Sean Carlson)

September 18, 2023
"Cuomo wins another round to protect his multi-million dollar book deal"
WAMC-Public Radio (Blair Horner)

"A dead watchdog?"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

September 19, 2023
"The battle for oversight in Albany has suffered a severe setback"
Buffalo News (editorial)

September 27, 2023
"Ethics commission meets after judge ruled its unconstituitonal"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

September 27, 2023
"NY ethics watchdog eyes more state funding amid ethics freeze"
Spectrum New (Kate Lisa)

October 1, 2023
"Give NYers an ethics watchdog they can trust"
New York Post (editorial)

February 16, 2024
"New York Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over the Fate of the State's Ethics Panel"
AP -- US News (Michael Hill)   PBS

February 16, 2024
"Appellate court hears Cuomo challenge to fledgling ethics agency"
Albany Times Union (Dan Clark)

February 16, 2024
"Next on Cuomo's Rehabilitation Tour: Blowing Up a State Ethics Panel"
New York Times (Grace Ashford)

February 21, 2024
"New York State's Ethics Commission Facing Judicial Test"
Insurance Journal  (Michael Hill)

March 11, 2024
"NY Appellate Courts Mull Markedly Differing Lawsuits
Questioning State Ethics Watchdog"
NYLJ (Brian Lee)

March 15, 2024
"Future of NY's ethics body nears"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)

April 8, 2024
"Fourth Department Hears Arguments in Lawsuit Against NY's Ethics Watchdog"
NYLJ (Brian Lee)

May 9, 2024
"New York Ethics Panel Violates State Constitution, Appeals Court Rules"
New York Times (Grace Ashford)

May 9, 2024
"Appellate court sides with Cuomo, ruling ethics panel is unconstitutional"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

May 9, 2024
"Ex. Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets one step closer to blowing up NY's ethics agency"
Gothamist (Jon Campbell)

May 9, 2024
"Cuomo wins another court battle against New York's ethics watchdog"
Politico (Bill Mahoney) 

May 9, 2024
"New York appeals court rules ethics commission
that pursued Cuomo was created unconstitutionally"
AP (Michael Hill)   also Post-Star

May 9, 2024
"Appellate court agrees that state ethics commission is unconstitutional"
City & State (Rebecca Lewis)

May 10, 2024
"Common Cause blasts COELIG ruling as 'authoritarian'"
Spectrum (Susan Arbetter)

May 13, 2024
"Appeal court rules against NY ethics commission"
Press Republican (Alex Gault)

May 23, 2024
"Ethics commission's fate still in limbo"
Newsday

May 29, 2024
"Act now for a lasting ethics fix"
Daily Star (editorial)  -- Albany Times Union May 16th editorial

May 29, 2024
"There's a vetting -- and vexing problem -- with New York's laws"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

May 30, 2024
"Former senator fighting forcible kissing case takes Cuomo's path"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

May 31, 2024
"Ethics Commission Subpoenaed Hochul Administration Over Bills Box Seats"
Focus (Chris Bragg)

June 10, 2024
"Judge ices ethics commission's case against former IDC leader"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

July 3, 2024
"Attorney Nominated to Ethics Panel as Its Validity is Before NY's Top Court"
NYLJ (Brian Lee)

July 3, 2024
"Hochul names latest nominee to Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government"
Spectrum News (Luke Parsnow)

July 3, 2024
"Hochul nominates ethics commissioner as the panel's future in limbo"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

September 25, 2024
"New York state ethics panel names new chair, vice chair"
Spectrum News (Luke Parsnow)

October 1, 2024
"A state with too few watchdogs"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

November 18-19, 2024
"Fate of Ethics Panel and Cuomo Book Deal Probe Is in Top Court's Hands
as January Arguments Approach"
NYLJ (Brian Lee)

November 22, 2024
"In Brief: Why Can't New York Build an Effective Ethics Agency?"
NY Focus (Chris Bragg)

November 26, 2024
"An introduction to COELIG, NY's ethics watchdog"
Spectrum News (Susan Arbetter)

November 29, 2024
"Watchdogs: NYS needs more robust ethics commission"
Public News Service (Edwin Viera)

November 29, 2024
"N.Y. ethics commissions faces new constitutional challenge"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

December 6, 2024
"Fix Ethics Lapse"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

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