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Please reference this document PRIOR to disclosing Lobbying Activities in the Lobbyist Statement of Registration, Lobbyist Bi-Monthly Report, and Client Semi-Annual Report.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics periodically releases Ethics Reminders. Each reminder is a brief and easy to understand synopsis of the laws and rules under the Commission’s jurisdiction. Ethics Reminders are issued to assist those subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction in understanding and complying with their obligations under the law.

More information is available on our Enforcement Actions page, https://jcope.ny.gov/enforcement-actions.   

This edition of "The Ethics Review" focuses on social media posting.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics has issued Advisory Opinion 18-01 to provide more clarity on the post-employment restrictions applied to State officers and employees when they leave State service

The first in a series of eblasts for Lobbyists and Clients of Lobbyists about the coming 2019-20 Biennial Registration Period and submitting filings in the new JCOPE Lobbying Application. 

This presentation was part of JCOPE's annual CLE in conjunction with New York Law School/Center for New York City Law on October 25, 2018.

Organizations spent $129.9 million between January and June 2018 on efforts to influence State and local government decision making, according to data released October 24, 2018 by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics ("Commission"). This represents a more than $8 million increase – or about 6.7 percent – over lobbying expenditures during the same period in 2017.

This is the entire PowerPoint presentation from the September 20, 2018 Lobbying Overview Training.