Will The Town of Blooming Grove Remove This Man From Office?

Associating with a hateful organization, and acting in favor of Keen Equities at the expense of Town and Village Residents, why is this Councilman still on the Town Board?

Unfortunately, for residents of New York State, Town Ethics Boards are mostly a joke.

They don’t (often) exercise their power when needed. In the case of places like Monroe, they’re stacked with people who will never rule against the Town Supervisor.

So if you live in Monroe, you *can* file a complaint against Supervisor Cardone for basically all of this, but the Ethics Committee won’t actually do anything about it.

Some of you might be thinking, “Ok. But doesn’t New York State have a Commission on Ethics and Lobbying?”

I’m glad you asked. Because I had that question as well, and here’s what they told me in a statement:

“The NYS Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG) was created to oversee, regulate, and ensure compliance with New York State’s ethics and lobbying laws. COELIG has broad authority over Statewide elected officials, candidates for those offices, executive branch officers and employees, members of the Legislature and legislative branch employees and candid…