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Scott M. Stringer, joined by Gene Russianoff, lead attorney for the Straphangers Campaign and dozons of concerned parents, rallied outside at the ...
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ALBANY -- A member of the commission responsible for investigating wrongdoing by lawmakers is running a fund-raiser for former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the newly convicted felon who named him to the state panel.
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Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Research Interest Group, said Nigro is putting himself in a bad position in that the invitations don't exclude lawmakers who may some day be investigated by the commission.

"Members of these ethics commissions should have no involvement in campaign activity or fund-raisers," Horner said, adding that legislators should not use campaign funds for defense fund donations: "That should be completely prohibited. They should make it crystal clear that you cannot." Nigro should recuse himself from any commission case involving a legislator donating to reception, Horner said. "Nigro is creating a problem: He should not involve himself with legislators who show -- and would he have a grudge against those who don't? He should tell the public how he's dealing with it," he said.