Site Map We'll look at corruption in New York State and at what the open purchasing of favors has done to make corruption a daily activity here - so much so that our legislature has been called the "most dysfunctional in the nation". We look first at the issue of corruption in state government. Gov. Spitzer thinks enough about the seriousness of the problem - and of the Empire State's designation as the "most dysfunctional state government in the nation" - to make ending corruption his first big push right from his Day One pledge. In the weeks since his inauguration we see the Governor beginning to challenge the absolute control of state government by Sheldon Silver in the Assembly and Joseph Bruno in the Senate. He knows full well that many believe that their total control of the Legislature is at the moral and practical heart of the dysfunction - and that only a change in that control will be ultimately meaningful. Governor Spitzer's resolve - and time - will tell. We look at corruption in New York State from the view of New York Civic, a non-political, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization developed several years ago by former NYC Parks Commissioner Henry Stern. Henry, who has been the State Chairman of the Liberal Party for the past several years, studiously brings his 40 years of government experience to play in Civic's work while being very careful to avoid any inkling of political partisanship.
We'll look at corruption in New York State and at what the open purchasing of favors has done to make corruption a daily activity here - so much so that our legislature has been called the "most dysfunctional in the nation".
We look first at the issue of corruption in state government. Gov. Spitzer thinks enough about the seriousness of the problem - and of the Empire State's designation as the "most dysfunctional state government in the nation" - to make ending corruption his first big push right from his Day One pledge.
In the weeks since his inauguration we see the Governor beginning to challenge the absolute control of state government by Sheldon Silver in the Assembly and Joseph Bruno in the Senate. He knows full well that many believe that their total control of the Legislature is at the moral and practical heart of the dysfunction - and that only a change in that control will be ultimately meaningful. Governor Spitzer's resolve - and time - will tell.
We look at corruption in New York State from the view of New York Civic, a non-political, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization developed several years ago by former NYC Parks Commissioner Henry Stern. Henry, who has been the State Chairman of the Liberal Party for the past several years, studiously brings his 40 years of government experience to play in Civic's work while being very careful to avoid any inkling of political partisanship.
