Comment on Process of creating ethics reform package draws criticism

ALBANY - State leaders agreed to an ethics reform package tied to the state budget Tuesday that includes more disclosure of outside income by public officials and a crackdown on the use of campaign funds for personal use.Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the deal fulfills his promise to not sign a budget without ethics reform, touting it as the nation's strongest rules for disclosure of outside income by public officials."I said I would not sign a budget without real ethics [...]