By The Associated Press
New York lawmakers are nearing the end of their 2016 session and it's
looking like they will once again fail to address, in any significant
way, the wave of corruption that has made Albany one of the nation's
most crooked state capitals.
So many lawmakers have been forced from office for alleged misconduct
or crimes — including the former Assembly speaker and Senate leader in
just the past year — that government reform advocates have taken to
calling this Albany's "Watergate moment."
"But all Albany apparently is willing to do is write a parking ticket
to the Watergate burglars because they were double-parked," said Blair
Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.
Instead,
lawmakers are divided even on small reforms. A proposal to place a
constitutional amendment on the ballot that, if passed, would allow
judges to strip the pensions of corrupt lawmakers still hasn't passed,
despite support in both chambers. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed tighter
campaign finance rules and limits on lawmakers' outside income, but
they have little serious support in the Legislature.
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Source: Observer-Dispatch
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