Making good on campaign promises, Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an omnibus ethics reform bill on March 26, 2007 known as the Public Employee Ethics Reform Act of 2007. The Act contains reforms to the ethical standards that public officials must observe, and notably, the legislation creates a Public Integrity Commission, which will replace the […]

On February 7, 2007, Mayor Cory Booker issued Executive Order MEO-07-001, which subjects pay-to-play restrictions on persons and entities doing business with or hoping to do business with the City of Newark. Read more for specifics on the EO.