2025 SNAPSHOT OF REPORTING & EDITORIALIZING ON COELIG

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January 7, 2025
"Albany ethics watchdog needs teeth:
Replace the current commission which is unconstitutional"
Daily News (editorial)

January 7, 2025
“Andrew Cuomo Is Using the Conservative Playbook to Fight a State Ethics Probe”
Balls & Strikes (Steve Kennedy, Esq.)

January 7, 2025
"Can Cuomo convince New York's highest court to scrap state ethics commission"
City & State (Austin Jefferson)

January 7, 2025
"NY Ethics Board That Probed Cuomo Criticized by Top State Court"
Bloomberg (Beth Wong)

January 7, 2025
"New York ethics commissions pushes for overturning
Cuomo's challenge disbanding independent watchdog"
Courthouse News Service (Josh Russell)

January 7, 2025
"NY's high court weighs constitutionality of state ethics panel"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

January 7, 2025
"Constitutionality of New York's ethics panel argued before state's top court"
AP (Michael Hill)  KTAR-Arizona   MSN   Jan 8-Saratogian   Jan 8 - Syracuse.com

January 7, 2025
"Cuomo vs. state ethics commission goes to the Court of Appeals
with separation of powers under scrutiny"
Spectrum News (Jack Arpey)

February 13, 2025
New York’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government:
Constitutional Structure and the Future of a State Ethics Watchdog
Federalist Society

February 18, 2025
"Ex-NY Gov Cuomo loses bid to halt ethics probe
into his $5M COVID book deal"
NY Post (Vaughn Golden)

February 18, 2025
"Cuomo loses attempt to block probe in his $5M pandemic book deal"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)

February 18, 2025
"New York ethics watchdog deemed constitutional
via split ruling in Cuomo case"
Courthouse News Service (Josh Russell)

February 18, 2025
"New York's top court uphold ethics board in Cuomo case"
My Twin Tiers (Johan Sheridan)

February 18, 2025
"New York ethics panel ruled constitutional in split decision in Cuomo case"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

February 18, 2025
"New York's ethics watchdog ruled constitutional by state's top court"
AP (Michael Hill)

February 18, 2025
"Court Rules Against Cuomo's Attempt to Dismantle State Ethics Panel"
NYT (Ben Oreskes)

February 18, 2025
"At least there's still a state ethics watchdog"
City & State (Rebecca Lewis)

February 19, 2025
"NY's top court rejects Andrew Cuomo's push to blow up state ethics board"
Gothamist (Jon Campbell)

February 20, 2025
"New York appeals court upholds constitutionality
of state ethics and lobbying commission"
Jurist

February 20, 2025
"New York appeals court upholds ethics watchdog law"
Center Square (Chris Wade)

June 2, 2025
"New York found $18.1 million in wrongly reported pay for lobbyists"
Albany Times Union (Dan Clark)

June 11, 2025
"Lobbying spending in New York reached $67M in April, May"
Spectrum (Luke Parsnow)

August 14, 2025
"Exclusive | Zohran Mamdani's rent-stabilized NYC apartment could face ethics watchdog probe"
NY Post (Carl Campanile)

September 15, 2025
"Hochul names another nominee to state ethics panel"
Spectrum (Luke Parsnow)

September 19, 2025
"N.Y. ethics watchdog seeks public comment on law proposals"
Spectrum (Jack Arpey)

September 25, 2025
"Ethics groups push lobbyist campaign contribution mandate"
Spectrum News (Kate Lisa)

September 29, 2025
"New York’s ethics laws get a hearing"
WAMC (Blair Horner)

October 1, 2025
"New York COELIG Conducts Hearing on Governing Laws"
National Law Review

October 22, 2025
"Transparency Advocate Rejected From Ethics Commission Plans To Sue"
NY Focus (Chris Bragg)

November 17, 2025
"Lobbying spending in New York reached $62M in July, August"
Spectrum News (Luke Parsnow)

December 10, 2025
"Cuomo files new lawsuit to block ethics probe of his book deal"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)

December 11, 2025
"Vanquished ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legal tirade continues, this time against the state ethics panel, again"
NY Post (Vaughn Golden)

December 11, 2025
"Former governor Cuomo files lawsuit over ethics commission probe of his book deal"

Taxpayers forked out another $1.3 million for Cuomo’s sexual harassment defense
The City