New Yorkers for Better Government is a research and advocacy organization dedicated to educating New Yorkers about the dangers of self-serving public officials, the corrosive impact that political corruption has on government and the people it represents, and the need to establish safe work places for all public servants and elect leaders with character and integrity at all levels.
If the United States government was as corrupt as Italy’s, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita would have grown 2.1 percentage points less every year. This has huge implications for Americans: if GDP per capita grew 2.1 percentage points less in 2016, output would have fallen by $1,170 per person.”
“Former U.S. Representative George Anthony Devolder Santos pleaded guilty today to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. In pleading guilty, Santos, 36, of Queens, New York, admitted he filed fraudulent FEC reports, embezzled funds from campaign donors, charged credit cards without authorization, stole identities, obtained unemployment benefits through fraud, and lied in reports to the House of Representatives.”
“Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was ordered Friday to register as a sex offender as he nears the end of a 21-month prison sentence for having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.”
“U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of all charges Tuesday in a sweeping corruption trial in which he was accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government”
“It should come as little surprise that Mr. Cuomo, a pugnacious Democrat whose bullying tactics won battles but few friends in New York, would embrace aggressive legal tactics as he seeks to defend himself against the sexual harassment suits and protect his political image as he contemplates a comeback. The surprise lies in who is footing Mr. Cuomo’s legal bills in these matters: New York taxpayers.”
“Federal investigators and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s political foes reportedly want to get to the bottom of how and why the governor’s office interfered with the work of a short-lived corruption commission — a commission that Cuomo himself created.”
“When Andrew M. Cuomo left the governor’s mansion on Aug. 24, 2021, he became the third straight New York governor to depart under a cloud of controversy. Unfortunately, crime and scandal in New York politics doesn’t end there. From graft during the War of 1812, to sexting under the alias of Carlos Danger, the Empire state has a rich history of political scandal.”
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