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Advocates and citizens frustrated with the avalanche of corruption scandals on Long Island and statewide are rallying and organizing other grassroots efforts aimed at pressuring lawmakers into being more ethical and transparent. Local good government groups picketed this week outside the Long Island office of New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Smithtown), urging him to allow passage of ethics reforms for Albany lawmakers before the legislative session ends June 16. And a New York City-based nonprofit this week announced that it’s suing LI municipalities that fail to turn over financial documents in a statewide citizen-led transparency initiative recently started in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Context was often lost between the pace of coverage and testimony jumping around between dates, blurring significant moments in the timeline of the conspiracy. Seen in full, it offers a revealing look at the raw power that money has in The Empire State's politics, and the abuse of this state's most trusted offices to capitalize on this power toward a lawmaker's personal objectives.

The senator, who will be expelled from office, is scheduled to be sentenced in March, but will appeal the verdict.

Jury selection began Monday, but ironically only a few potential jurors knew their state representatives.

Registered Democratic and Republican voters across Long Island will head to the polls Thursday, Sept. 10 to choose the candidates they want to see on the ballots on Election Day

More than 200 residents living in New York City’s housing projects were given Kodak disposable cameras and sent out to document their day-to-day lives.

The senator and his son allegedly extorted $100,000 from a company that lobbied the lawmaker.

The change in leadership comes a week after Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges.

Transcripts of senator's recorded calls give rare glimpse into Albany "sausage making."