Sentences with phrase «assembly ethics panel»

In a statement, Mr. Kellner said he did not accept Mr. Silver's assertions nor those of an Assembly ethics panel that was critical of his behavior, calling them «factually inaccurate.»

Wozniak had an affair with a member of her legislative staff and then retaliated against him after he broke off the affair, an Assembly ethics panel concluded March 9.

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Good - government group Common Cause this morning called for a public vote on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's future as leader of the Democratic conference as fallout from the release of an ethics panel report on Vito Lopez continues.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a New York state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver stripped Kellner of his leadership positions and perks after an ethics panel found that he violated the chamber's sexual harassment policy and created a hostile working environment.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a report in the New York Times that the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

Common Cause, along with the National Organization for Women, asked the state ethics panel to conduct a wider probe of sexual harassment and other possible misconduct in the Assembly, as well as the Assembly leadership's response to any allegations.

The ethics panel is run by appointees of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate leaders, and Silver, the Assembly speaker.

Silver, who an ethics panel criticized for quietly authorizing a settlement to two of Lopez's accusers, said on Monday: «The degradation and emotional duress endured by the young women identified in the report who were harassed while they served in the Assembly weighs heavily on me.»

Lopez was censured by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Friday and stripped of his chairmanship, after a state ethics panel unanimously found that complaints by two employees were credible.

The state's top ethics panel is investigating the sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

The second set of proceedings in less than a week come after Governor Andrew Cuomo, among others, called on the ethics panel to investigate a sexual harassment scandal that centered on Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who was censured by an assembly committee over alleged sexual harassment charges.

ALBANY — The state ethics watchdog has forwarded a report of its findings to two legislative panels for possible sanctions after ending its probe of the Assembly's handling of sexual harassment allegations involving a senior member.

Roth will continue to serve on JCOPE, while Jacob will depart after helping the ethics and lobbying watchdog panel complete its search for a new executive director, according to Michael Whyland, the spokesman for Heastie, the new Assembly speaker who made the appointments.