##ledge 2 Protect , a Manhattan non - profit organisation , has been given three days to reply to a letter from the Joint Committee on Public Ethics ( JCOPE ) after documents revealed that the nonprofit organisation may have accepted almost $ 700,000 in donations without disclosing the original sources . New York State 's lobbying and ethics watchdog agency is now investigating , both JCOPE and Pledge 2 Protect refuse to comment on the ongoing investigation .
Pledge 2 Protect, a Manhattan non-profit organisation, has been given 15 days to reply to a letter from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) after documents revealed that the lobbying organisation may have accepted almost $700,000 in donations without disclosing the original sources. New York State's lobbying and ethics watchdog agency is now investigating, both JCOPE and Pledge 2 Protect declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.