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Title
- Commission on Government Integrity general information files
Series Number
- 15830
Summary
- This series served as a general reference file for commission activities. Records document Commission activities related to the investigation of corruption, campaign financing, judicial selection, and patronage, as well as activities promoting efficiency in government and personnel reforms. Included are background information on state legislators; charts on ethics training in New York City agencies; invitation lists; hearing records; budgets; press releases; correspondence; and commission history, minutes, and reports. Also included are reference materials regarding subpoenas, legislative authority, jurisdiction, FOIL, and issues of confidentiality.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
Title
- Commission on Government Integrity litigation files
Series Number
- 15827
Summary
- These state and federal court records document litigation that resulted from the Commission's investigation of state and local political party committees and political action committees. Documents include pleadings; notices; motions; affidavits; briefs; memoranda of law; transcripts of proceedings; and orders. Litigation concerned efforts to vacate, cancel, or quash subpoenas requiring testimony before the Commission or the submission of documents to the Commission; to change court venue; or to file an appeal or support motions for a stay pending appeal.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
- Some items in "correspondence" folders might be subject to attorney-client privilege; archivist will review to determine access.
Title
- Commission on Government Integrity informant correspondence files
Series Number
- B1339
Summary
- The commission compiled the information in these files to further its investigation into violations of ethical or legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees. Informants wrote to the commission making allegations against individuals and organizations. These allegations included involvement in criminal activity; conflict of interest; official misconduct; obstruction of justice; drug abuse; no-show employment; nepotism; election fraud; and patronage. Evidence supplied by informants ranged from well-documented allegations to totally unsupported innuendo.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
Title
- Commission on Government Integrity investigation project files
Series Number
- 15823
Summary
- This series documents the Commission on Government Integrity's investigation into violations of ethical or legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees. Particularly well documented are investigations of judicial selection, government procurement and contracting, and improper practices of New York City officials and employees.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity
Access Restrictions
- All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.
- Private hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.
- Investigation background reports on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c and personal privacy exemption of Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.b.
- Tax returns: Restricted: Closed permanently; exempted from public disclosure by specific statutes, therefore deniable under Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.a.