Operations Reduction
Contacting JCOPE During COVID-19 Response
Due to the ongoing response to COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus), JCOPE's operations will be reduced for a time. Click the button below for more information on how best to contact us during this period.
What We Do
Communications and Public Information
The role of the Communications and Public Information Office is to oversee the Commission’s external communications, including press releases, annual reports, filing reminders to lobbyists, their clients, and public corporations, the release of public information, content on the Commission’s website, requests for public records, and public meetings. The publicly available information released by the office is based on the Commission's regulations in 19 NYCRR Part 937, which can be found on our Commission Regulations page.
Inquiries can be made direct to the office at (518) 486-7842 or by email at [email protected]
Public Disclosure
2019 Annual Report and Related Data
This page provides information about the Commission's 2019 Annual Report and related lobbying data in one place.
Records Access
Publicly Available Information
The Commission is not subject to the Freedom of Information Law. It has issued regulations about the procedures for accessing records and what information is considered publicly available, which includes annual statements of financial disclosure; notices of delinquency; notices of civil assessments; terms of settlements of complaints or referrals that include a fine, penalty or other remedy; records required to be made publicly available under the Lobbying Act; and Substantial Basis Investigation Reports issued by the Commission.