Lobbying spending in New York hit a record-breaking more than $332 million last year, according to new state data. The Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG) released its annual report Monday that shows lobbying spending topped pre-pandemic numbers, with more than $331.54 million spent last year. That’s a 13.2% increase from $292.9 million spent in 2021. The previous spending record was $298.08 million in 2019.  The Ethics Commission Reform Act of 2022 created COELIG to replace the much-maligned Joint Commission on Public Ethics, commonly known as JCOPE. The report includes data from JCOPE and COELIG, which went into…