Former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy issued the following response to the grand jury report on the Suffolk
County ethics commission:
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, the Grand Jury accepted the politically charged testimony of this legislator and claimed «Financial Disclosure forms were used by a
county official in a failed attempt to end the legislature's investigation into the
ethics commission.»
The scandal resulted in multiple probes conducted by the AG, the IG, the Albany
County DA and the state
ethics board, the
Commission on Public Integrity (the precursor to JCOPE).
The head of the state
ethics commission, Janet DiFiore, says she has «done nothing wrong,» after allegations she used her influence as Westchester
County DA to obtain welfare benefits for her maid.
The
county executive also served on the now - defunct corruption - busting Moreland
Commission, which drew the attention of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara after the governor shut it down early in exchange for an
ethics reform deal with legislative leaders.
McArdle said Skelos, of Nassau
County, did not seek an opinion about the arrangement from the legislative
ethics commission.
The Senate is scheduled to weigh the nomination of Janet DiFiore, the Westchester
County district attorney and former chairwoman of Cuomo's
ethics commission, as chief judge of the state Court of Appeals.
The Erie
County Charter Revision
Commission has made 56 recommendations that address everything from
ethics reform to supporting a diversified applicant pool to how the next Legislature district map will be drawn.
The Rensselaer
County ethics board handled complaints and advisory opinions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 — including a May 2014 opinion requested by former County Legislature Chairman Republican Martin Reid, who wanted to work for the county - funded Commission on Economic Opportunity while remaining on the legisl
County ethics board handled complaints and advisory opinions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 — including a May 2014 opinion requested by former
County Legislature Chairman Republican Martin Reid, who wanted to work for the county - funded Commission on Economic Opportunity while remaining on the legisl
County Legislature Chairman Republican Martin Reid, who wanted to work for the
county - funded Commission on Economic Opportunity while remaining on the legisl
county - funded
Commission on Economic Opportunity while remaining on the legislature.
Albany
County passed legislation requiring the creation of an
ethics commission in 2011.
The allegations against the Westchester
County DA chosen by Governor Cuomo to head a newly formulated state
ethics commission were first reported in the New York Post.
The Alabama
Ethics Commission found probable cause that a Marshall
County commissioner has violated the state's
ethics law.
The governor's failure to «establish an independent State
ethics commission with robust enforcement powers» will leave him open to the attacks from
County Executive Astorino, and other possible candidates, that he hasn't adequately dealt with Albany's ethical woes.
Anton Borovina, who served as first counsel to the
county Ethics Commission and who helped draft the law, said, «The Suffolk County ethics law applies to him, and the Suffolk County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.&
county Ethics Commission and who helped draft the law, said, «The Suffolk
County ethics law applies to him, and the Suffolk County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.&
County ethics law applies to him, and the Suffolk
County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.&
County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.»
However, legal experts point to an earlier appellate court decision in 2003 on the Suffolk
Ethics Commission that found a
county can impose more stringent
ethics regulations than those required by state law.
The office of Inspector General Ellen N. Biben, which wrote the report, is referring the case to the state
ethics commission and to the Albany
County district attorney.
If you are a REALTOR ®, and believe you have an issue with another REALTOR ® involving a
commission (arbitration); if you are a REALTOR ® or a resident of Mercer
County and believe you have an issue with a REALTOR ® (
ethics complaint); or if you are a Buyer or Seller and a dispute arises out of a real estate transaction in which you are involved and you are looking to solve the problem without litigation (Dispute Resolution System), you can contact Lisa Aaron at the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors ® to assist you.