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Josefa Velasquez

Josefa Velasquez

Josefa Velasquez is a regulatory and Court of Appeals reporter for the New York Law Journal based in Albany, N.Y. Contact Josefa Velasquez at [email protected]. Twitter: @j__velasquez

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June 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Former Aide to Silver Appointed to Ethics Board

James Yates, a former judge who served as counsel to ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, remaining as a counselor to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie after Silver's ouster, has been appointed to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

By Josefa Velasquez

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June 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Uber Fined $98,000 for Underreporting Lobbying Expenditures in Albany

New York's state ethics and lobbying regulators fined ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. $98,000 for failing to report $6.3 million in lobbying expenses in its biennial registration report.

By Josefa Velasquez

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