The following dispatch comes from the Associated Press in Albany:
The state Ethics Commission has posted online the ethics disclosure forms of most candidates for statewide office.
But several candidates didn’t agree to have the legally required financial forms a click away from voters.
They are: David Paterson, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and a state senator; Mark Green, a Democratic candidate for attorney general and former New York City public advocate; Charlie King, a Democratic candidate for attorney general and former Clinton administration housing official; Alan Hevesi, the incumbent Democratic state comptroller; and his Republican challenger, Christopher Callaghan of Saratoga County.
The online presentation contains only what is filed with the commission. That includes names of spouses and children, work place, real estate holdings aside from the candidate’s residence, and which firms hold the candidate’s securities. There is no dollar breakdown of income or investments.
Those who signed a waiver to allow the online postings were: Republican John Faso, Democrat Tom Suozzi and Democrat Eliot Spitzer in the governor’s race; Democrat Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney and Republican Jeanine Pirro in the attorney general’s race; and no one in the comptroller’s race.
“We gave them plenty of time,” said commission spokesman Walter Ayres.
Candidates must file the forms under law, but don’t have to agree to have them posted online. They are available on file in Albany.
Candidates may still sign the waiver that allows them to be posted on the Web site, which was first available to the public on Friday.