«Ultimately, if he's serious on this front, the governor will need to prove it by making additional ethics reforms a priority this year,» the editorial concluded. (reinventalbany.org)
The governor reportedly now believes that a GOP - controlled Senate is no longer a handy foil, but rather an impediment to achieving aspects of his progressive agenda — particularly additional ethics reforms, which have taken on new urgency thanks to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's most recent public corruption case that reaches into Cuomo's own inner circle. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Also at 11 a.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and members of his conference push for changes to procedures for awarding state contracts and additional ethics reform measures, back of Assembly chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany. (nystateofpolitics.com)