Today's news out of Albany, besides that of rules "reform" in the Senate was the resignation of John Feerick. Feerick was the head of the Commission on Public Integrity in New York, an office possibly tainted in its own right. The problems stem from how then-Governor Spitzer may have used the office and those in it for his own ends during the Troopergate fiasco.
From NYT Cityroom:
What the commission says and what actually happened is still being determined by I.G. Joseph Fisch. Perhaps it was just best for Feerick to go because of the connections to the previous Administration. Whatever the case may be, health reasons or not, Feerick oddly left Spitzer alone during those innocent, pre-client #9 times. Finally, we'll be able to get closer to the end of that chapter of the Spitzer scandals.The commission, which oversees ethics and lobbying rules in Albany, announced the surprise resignation on Monday afternoon. The commission is mired in an investigation by the state inspector general.
Inspector General Joseph Fisch has been examining whether Herbert Teitelbaum, the commission’s executive director, or any other commission staff member improperly passed information to the staff of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the midst of the so-called Troopergate scandal.
The commission has said nothing improper occurred.
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