CityLaw Profile: Pei Pei Cheng-de Castro

Pei Pei Cheng-de Castro, the Director of Investigation and Enforcement at the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, has had a diverse career in which public service has remained a constant. Education has also been at the core of Cheng-de Castro’s career—she taught legal writing at New York Law School, founded a charter school, and now works for an agency that educates public officials on ethics laws as part of its mission.

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CLE EVENT: Ethics Law in New York State: History, Enforcement, and Leaving State Service

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The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics and

The Center for New York City Law at New York Law School

present

Ethics Law in New York State: History, Enforcement, and Leaving State Service

WHEN
Thursday, October 26, 2017, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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WHERE
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)


The Impact of the 2016 Amendments to the Ethics Laws

jcope-seal-cover-artOn August 24, 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Chapter 286 of the Laws of 2016 which amends the State’s ethics laws. The legislation is not a transformational game changer in the ethics arena, but does make significant changes in the State’s laws. The new law vests the Attorney General with authority to disclose sources of funding for various not-for-profit entities, expands the disclosure of all sources of funding by those engaging in lobbying, and codifies … <Read More>