Bill In NY Legislature Would Disclose Lawmaker's Outside Income

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Published June 5, 2009 at 6:48 AM EDT

By Karen Dewitt

Albany, NY – Senate Democrats have introduced a package of ethics reforms that would require the part time legislators to disclose more details of their outside income. The Senate Leader, Malcolm Smith, denies that he's taking a shot at the leader of the Assembly, Speaker Sheldon Silver. WRVO's capitol correspondent Karen DeWitt has this report.

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