Sentences with phrase «elections board enforcement»

A state Elections Board enforcement counsel accused de Blasio and his aides of funneling large contributions from unions and other donors through county Democratic committees to three State Senate candidates upstate in 2014 in an unsuccessful party effort to retake control from Republicans.

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-- Makes it easier for the state Board of Elections enforcement counsel to launch an investigation, no longer requiring the commissioners, who are equally divided along party lines, to vote in order to launch a probe.

The legislative leaders quietly introduced a campaign finance bill last night that is designed to strengthen enforcement at the state Board of Elections and also address the US Supreme Court's January decision that overturned a 20 - year - old ruling barring corporations from spending freely to support or oppose candidates.

Cuomo's subpoena - empowered commission was close down following an agreement on ethics legislation last year that included new anti-corruption laws and independent enforcement at the state Board of Elections.

The issue first came to light in a leaked memorandum from the independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections, Risa Sugarman, a position formed in 2014 following an ethics agreement in the budget and the shuttering of the Moreland Commission, a panel formed to investigate corruption in the Legislature.

The practice, part of a broader inquiry into the fundraising practices of Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies, was recommended for criminal prosecution by the chief enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections in a memorandum made public last week.

Meanwhile, de Blasio this week openly questioned how a Board of Elections memorandum written by an independent enforcement counsel hand - picked by Gov. Andrew Cuomo leaked to the press.

Unfortunately, there have been serious questions raised about conflicts of interest, selective enforcement, and politicized investigations by state agencies — JCOPE and the Board of Elections — and those questions should be examined.

State Sen. Robert Ortt and his predecessor, George Maziarz, are now taking issue with the enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections upon their return to court on fraud charges.

The politically appointed commissioners of the state Board of Election plan to vote today on a rules change granting them more control over the investigations by Risa Sugarman, the board's chief enforcement couBoard of Election plan to vote today on a rules change granting them more control over the investigations by Risa Sugarman, the board's chief enforcement couboard's chief enforcement counsel.

The January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

«Campaign finance disclosure ensures New Yorkers have confidence that their elected officials are serving them honestly and with transparency,» said New York State Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman.

A January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, which was leaked to the Daily News in April, accused de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

ALBANY — The politically appointed commissioners of the state Board of Elections released new rules on Thursday that would grant them more oversight of investigations conducted by the board's chief enforcement counsel, Risa SugaBoard of Elections released new rules on Thursday that would grant them more oversight of investigations conducted by the board's chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugaboard's chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman.

How the complaint will be handled by the state Board of Elections, whose enforcement power is widely seen as ineffectual, remains to be seen.

Stronger enforcement of the law and penalties for violations will be enforced by a new body, the Fair Elections Board, to be situated within the state Board of Elections.

The chief enforcement counsel position and the compliance unit were created in the 2014 state budget after the now - defunct Moreland Commission found the board rarely took action on election law violations and complaints.

Enforcement Council Risa Sugarman listens intently to the discussions at the New York State Board of Elections Monthly meeting Thursday Apr. 5, 2018 in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

Risa Sugarman, the top enforcement officer for the Board of Elections, has asked a judge to freeze the committee's bank accounts and the nearly $ 1.5 million in them.

In that 2014 deal, lawmakers agreed to create an independent enforcement officer at the state Board of Elections.

A new, beefed - up Board of Elections enforcement unit has yet to show its strength.

The Board of Election Enforcement Council has subpoenaed the Senate GOP's fundraising committee but it isn't clear why.

· Strengthen Enforcement Of Election Laws: New York State should increase funding and support for the Enforcement Counsel at the Board of Elections, including increasing the number of auditors and investigators.

The enforcement arm of the state Board of Elections filed suit against Gonsalves in March, accusing her of 10 instances of failing to file timely reports between 2013 and 2015.

Risa Sugarman, currently the deputy commissioner of the criminal investigations division for the Department of Taxation and Finance, has been nominated as the board's chief enforcement counsel, overseeing a new unit tasked with enforcing the state's election laws.

A state supreme court justice in Albany has ruled that the Senate Republicans must comply with subpoenas issued by the state Board of Elections chief enforcement counsel looking deeply into potential violations of state election law.

The group called Grand Street Democrats in New York City is highlighting the complaint to the state Board of Election's enforcement counsel raising concerns with the activities of the Truman Democratic Club.

Commissioners of the state Board of Elections and its independent chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, engaged in an icy exchange over the office's role at the board's monthly meeBoard of Elections and its independent chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, engaged in an icy exchange over the office's role at the board's monthly meeboard's monthly meeting.

Though it operates under the umbrella of the state Board of Elections, the new enforcement office is designed to operate separately from the board, which in the past had been neutered by a bipartisan structure that made it loath to investigate wrongdoing by political actors on either side of the aBoard of Elections, the new enforcement office is designed to operate separately from the board, which in the past had been neutered by a bipartisan structure that made it loath to investigate wrongdoing by political actors on either side of the aboard, which in the past had been neutered by a bipartisan structure that made it loath to investigate wrongdoing by political actors on either side of the aisle.

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The civil lawsuit, filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 2, pits Risa Sugarman, the chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, against the campaign of Shirley Patterson, a little - known candidate who ran unsuccessfully for a Brooklyn state Assembly seat in a May special election.

That could also make the lawsuit filed by Sugarman — who was appointed by Cuomo last year to head the Board of Elections» new independent enforcement unit — politically sensitive.

Risa Sugarman, the independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections, announced several days later that she would launch an investigation into whether they were spending money appropriately.

«We'd hoped for the creation of a real enforcement agency outside the board of elections.»

Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin said the enforcement division's office, in recognition of its independence, is walled off from the rest of the Board of Elections, and B.O.E. staff outside the division can not enter the room without permission.

But good government advocates, like NYPIRG's Horner, remain skeptical about whether the enforcement division can free itself of the Board of Election's inefficiency.

The $ 138 billion budget agreement did include new anti-bribery and anti-fraud laws as well as a new enforcement officer at the state Board of Elections.

George Maziarz and his successor in the Senate Robert Ortt on Tuesday argued the enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections did not have the authority to bring the fraud case they now face.

The spending plan would also create a new enforcement counsel with the state Board of Elections.

Last year, lawmakers agreed to new anti-corruption laws and an independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections that came as the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was closed.

Ahead of last year's elections, state Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial support from a campaign fund that was barred under state law from being used to promote individual candidates, according to a court filing by the state Board of Elections» independent enforcemenelections, state Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial support from a campaign fund that was barred under state law from being used to promote individual candidates, according to a court filing by the state Board of Elections» independent enforcemenElections» independent enforcement office.

Vance did not bring any charges in the case, writing in a ten - page letter to the state Board of Elections enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman, who had referred the case for prosecution, that «the parties involved can not be appropriately prosecuted, given their reliance on

I propose new anti-bribery and corruption laws, public financing of elections, independent enforcements at the board of elections, and disclosure of outside clients with business before the state.

The commissioners also say that the State Board of Elections should be stripped of their enforcement powers and an independent enforcement agency be set up instead.

Elections board chief enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, recommended the criminal referral.

In that 2014 deal, lawmakers agreed to create an independent enforcement officer at the State Board of Elections.

After being prodded by the state Board of Elections» new enforcement counsel, Republican John Cahill's campaign has made public a poll it commissioned on the race for state attorney general.

The Board also voted on enforcement matters for four campaigns involved in the 2013 citywide election cycle.

The Daily News obtained a bombshell memo state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman sent to the board's four commissioners on Jan. 4 recommending the refeBoard of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman sent to the board's four commissioners on Jan. 4 recommending the refeboard's four commissioners on Jan. 4 recommending the referral.

The commission's exact instructions were to look at potential violations and lack of enforcement at the notoriously lax state Board of Elections.