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Under its present constitution (adopted in 1938), New York is governed by the same three branches that govern all fifty states of the United States: the executive branch, consisting of the Governor of New York and the other independently elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch, consisting of the bicameral New York State Legislature; and the judicial branch, consisting of the state's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, and lower courts.
New York's legal system is explicitly based on English common Law.
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EDITORIAL: Too many secrets
November 14, 2008: A new think-tank report proposes the state Freedom of Information Law be amended to require disclosure of tentative contract agreements with public labor unions.
The conservative-leaning Empire Center for New York State Policy says the secrecy of labor negotiations is unreasonably extended by most government entities to include the period between agreement on a tentative deal and actual ratification by both parties to the agreement. Read the full editorial here.
Former Niagra Falls Mayor indicted
November 8, 2008 Vince Anello, former mayor of Niagra Falls, was indicted on four counts by a federal grand jury. He has been charged with conspiracy, obstruction of commerce and depriving Niagra Falls residents their right to honest public service. Anello also took $40,000 in loans from a businessman and never reported it to city officials.
Report: Secrecy costs N.Y. taxpayers millions
November 7, 2008: Elected officials around the state often keep details of proposed contracts with public-employee unions secret until they have been ratified, leaving taxpayers in the dark about millions of dollars in new commitments, according to a report from a watchdog group obtained today by Gannett News Service.
"They're committing millions of dollars in secret," said Lise Bang-Jensen of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany. Read the full article here.
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