Opn. No.

HON. RALPH I. GREENHOUSE County Attorney, Onondaga County

This is in response to a letter from Deputy County Attorney I, Mr. J.C. Engelbrecht, which requests the opinion of the Attorney General concerning the Onondaga County Board of Ethics.

Mr. Engelbrecht states that the Onondaga County Legislature has directed that your office ascertain the scope of the subpoena power of the Onondaga County Board of Ethics. He further states that his research has disclosed previous opinions of the Attorney General and the State Comptroller indicating that boards of ethics do not possess subpoena power and…