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Municipal Ethical Standards: The Need For A New Approach Report, John D. Feerick, Carol Schachner, Mark Davies, Sherrie Mcnulty, Arthur Fama
Municipal Ethical Standards: The Need For A New Approach Report, John D. Feerick, Carol Schachner, Mark Davies, Sherrie Mcnulty, Arthur Fama
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The New York State Commission on Government Integrity investigated numerous situations throughout the state that revealed just how bad the current law is. Our findings and a pro- posed municipal ethics act that we drafted to correct the law's deficiencies are contained in the following report, "Municipal Ethical Standards: The Need for a New Approach." Our pro- posed Act would set out the minimum ethical standards that should be observed in every municipality throughout the state. The premise here is that there are certain basic features to good government that make sense for all governments, no matter what their size …
Foreword Report: Foreword, John D. Feerick, Cyrus Vance
Foreword Report: Foreword, John D. Feerick, Cyrus Vance
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The last few years have been particularly bad for government integrity in New York. Since 1985, New York City has been rocked by a series of highly publicized scandals, arguably the worst since the days of Tammany Hall. One borough president was convicted of felonies; another committed suicide while under investigation; a congressman was recently convicted of bribery and extortion; former party chairmen in two boroughs were convicted of serious crimes; and a number of agency heads, judges, and lesser officials either have been convicted or forced to resign under a cloud of suspicion. And the City does not have …