Hochul says she's committed to NY ethics commission reforms despite appointments
By Steve Bittenbender (The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted Wednesday she still plans to turn an embattled public ethics commission “upside down” despite naming an appointee of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to serve as the agency’s acting chairman for its meeting Tuesday. At that meeting of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), James Dering, one of two appointments Hochul announced