Sentences with phrase «inspectors general reform»

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Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

«My background both in the private sector and as a sex crimes prosecutor and inspector general makes me uniquely qualified to deliver on the real reforms we desperately need in Albany.

Much of Curran's ethics reform agenda, including the appointment of an inspector general to oversee county contracting, would require legislative approval.

But some of her campaign promises — such as increased transparency, the appointment of an inspector general and other ethics reforms that have been rejected previously by the current town board — could be difficult to fulfill when she takes office.

Following eight months of calls for ethics reform from Blakeman and King Sweeney, the board also passed 6 - 1 legislation concerning an inspector general / compliance officer, who would monitor possible waste and corruption within town government.

«If Cuomo means what he said about reforming Medicaid, he made a serious mistake by replacing a junkyard dog Medicaid inspector general with a pet poodle,» Cox said.

While the inspector general remains a priority of Democrats, Mangano and the GOP majority are touting numerous other contract reforms they've passed since the Skelos case broke.

In his first public comments since the release of a damning report on last year's escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, Acting DOCCS Commissioner Anthony Annucci pledged to work with the state inspector general to implement reforms there and statewide.

In his first public comments since the release of a damning report on last year's escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, Annucci pledged to work with the state inspector general to implement reforms there and statewide.

De Blasio distinguished himself from his opponents in last year's Democratic mayoral primary by highlighting his support for police reform, and in particular for legislation that exposed police officers to state lawsuits for alleged bias - based stops, and created the office of NYPD inspector general.

The governor subsequently proposed additional reforms, including the creation of new inspector general officers for the SUNY and CUNY systems and a «chief procurement officer» within the Executive Chamber.

But news of the additional reform measures emerged as good - government advocacy groups blasted other gubernatorial proposals to create Cuomo - appointed inspectors general overseeing state agencies, the SUNY and CUNY systems, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the State Education Department.

Cuomo, who says it's «a disappointment» that ethics reform did not occur, is proposing instead a new inspector general who would work under the governor to root out corruption.

Biben had been Cuomo's appointed inspector general before taking the top enforcer job at JCOPE, which was created in the Democratic governor's 2011 ethics reform act.

The NYPD inspector general proposal is part of a group of policing reforms called the Community Safety Act, which includes measures requiring officers to identify themselves and laws designed to curb racial profiling and unlawful searches.

Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko, who has come under fire recently for pushing too fast on reforms, reflected on the inspector general's role in a statement last month.

Specifically, the inspector general warned that certain provisions in the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act may repeal regulations that hold colleges accountable for how they manage federal aid.In the report, the inspector general's criticisms focused on the bill's proposal to end the 90/10 rule, which currently caps for - profit schools» revenue from federal aid at...