Karl J. Sleight (born 1962) is an attorney and Treasurer of the Saratoga County Bar Association (New York). He resides in Saratoga Springs, New York. In 2000, he was appointed Executive Director of the New York State Ethics Commission.
In 2003 he authored a letter to a member of New York State's Independence Party threatening civil and criminal penalties for failure to file required documents with the state. The party addressed stated he was not responsible for the reports required, and demanded to know who had told Sleight that he was the responsible party. Sleight's response was to deny the letter existed, which the recipient then sent multiple copies of to Sleight and the Ethics Commission without getting a further response.
As of February 27, 2007 Sleight has resigned from the Ethics Commission to work at a private law firm.
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