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Sept. 2, 2023 – The state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government released its report in 2022, which includes a tally of all the lobbying spending and ethics inquiries initiated over the year. We break down the report and look to the future with Sandy Berland, the ethics watchdog’s executive director. April 19, 2023 – New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government Chairman Fred Davie and Executive Director Sandy Berland talk about the future of the nascent watchdog and how it plans on striking the right oversight balance in Planet Albany. Dec. 30, 2022 – Sandy Berland, the former executive director of the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, discusses his new role as top staffer at the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government. He talks about his objectives, the structure of the new oversight entity and reflects on his time at JCOPE. Listen to the full interview below.