John Neal’s withdrawal from the insurer comes as the company grapples with another high-profile departure. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Ethics and Official Misconduct”
13 Moments That Have Defined Eric Adams’s Political Career
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2025
Mr. Adams served in the New York State Senate and as Brooklyn borough president before becoming mayor of New York City in 2022. Ethical questions have followed him along the way. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Jail Official Broke Sanctuary Laws by Helping D.H.S., Report Says
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2025
A Department of Correction investigator improperly provided information to federal agents about two immigrants, a city watchdog agency found. Source: New York Times
Questions Arise Over Hiring of Firm to Run $11 Billion Health Care Program
By Gotham Rex on September 5, 2025
The bidding process was questioned on Friday after the company, Public Partnerships LLC, admitted it had exchanged unspecified communications with state officials before the contract was awarded. Source: New York Times
Disciplinary Charges Dismissed Against Top New York Police Official Jeffrey Maddrey
By Gotham Rex on August 20, 2024
An oversight board had recommended that Jeffrey Maddrey, the chief of department, be punished for interfering with an arrest. Commissioner Edward Caban dismissed the case. Source: New York Times
George Santos Is Expected to Plead Guilty, People Close to Case Say
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2024
Mr. Santos could change his mind, but witnesses in his campaign fraud case were told by federal prosecutors that he intends to plead guilty on Monday. Source: New York Times
Six Charged With Organizing Illegal Donations to Adams’s 2021 Campaign
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2023
One defendant knew Mayor Eric Adams when they were police officers. Prosecutors did not accuse the mayor of knowing about what they called a scheme to acquire thousands of dollars in extra public matching funds. Source: New York Times
Ex-Army Counselor Caz Craffy Charged With Defrauding Gold Star Families
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2023
Instead of helping dead service members’ relatives collect life insurance and other benefits, Caz Craffy duped them while enriching himself, prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Letitia James Is Accused of Protecting Aide From Harassment Allegations
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2022
Sofia Quintanar, who accused Ms. James’s former chief of staff of sexual harassment, said the office should have known that he had a “propensity to sexually harass” women. Source: New York Times
Hochul’s Big Choice: Picking New York’s Most Powerful Judge
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2022
The Court of Appeals shifted to the right under the polarizing leadership of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore. Democrats hope the governor’s nominee to replace her will move it to the left. Source: New York Times
Letitia James Accused of Protecting Top Aide From Harassment Allegations
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2022
Sofia Quintanar said that her sexual harassment allegations against the aide were handled differently than similar ones lodged against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Source: New York Times
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Limit Public Corruption Cases
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
The fraud convictions of Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, and Louis Ciminelli, a contractor in Buffalo, appeared likely to be overturned. Source: New York Times
How Carolyn Maloney’s Ticket to the Met Gala Led to an Ethics Inquiry
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2022
When the Manhattan congresswoman found out she had been dropped from the guest list in 2016, she was “unhappy to say the least,” according to a congressional ethics report. Source: New York Times
Manhattan Prosecutors Again Consider a Path Toward Charging Trump
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2022
The district attorney’s office is investigating Donald J. Trump’s role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, an approach that previously failed to bear fruit. Source: New York Times
Senator Robert Menendez Faces a New Federal Investigation
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2022
The inquiry comes five years after the Justice Department dropped its corruption case against Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. Source: New York Times