The integrity commission is also temporarily enjoined from hearing testimony about the elections board investigation pending a court hearing.

The integrity commission is run by another Fordham administrator, John D. Feerick, dean of the law school.

A spokeswoman for the integrity commission, Linda Sachs, said the panel would have no comment on the letters.

The new integrity commission will have a 13-member board, with 7 members selected by the governor.

The public integrity commission is cited most often as intimidating.

The integrity commission, however, found that during its first few years the Talent Bank percentage of minority hiring lagged behind the city's as a whole.

Mr. Friedman, of Campaign Strategies, has since cooperated with the integrity commission and testified earlier this year.

The integrity commission's report said a donation did not have to involve a quid pro quo, which would be illegal, to raise conflict-of-interest questions.

Four other nominees fates were not decided on by the integrity commission as of 14 November 2012.

In Kirkuk, in the north, insurgents attacked the local office of Iraq's public integrity commission, killing one guard and wounding another.