Sentences with phrase «investigate public corruption]»

Every week, a different person — including community members and public health professionals — is asked to tweet - report and investigate public health matters.

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For example, if you are writing a college essay on the topic smoking, you may focus the research on negative influence of smoking on health, or investigate the public opinion on the topic.

To investigate the public's views about race - and income - based enrollment programs, we asked Americans one of two variations of the following question: «In order to promote diversity, should public school districts be allowed to take the racial background [family income] of students into account when assigning students to schools?»

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

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Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick has been named as one of three co-chairs on the new Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

Nearly a year has passed since the New York Times published a series of lengthy articles questioning whether the Cuomo administration interfered with a Moreland Commission the governor created to investigate public corruption in the Legislature.

He explained that he allowed the petition to sail through and that the state parliament under his watch elected to look into the petition not to gag Oloyede's freedom of expression in accordance with sections 128 and 129 of the Constitution, which empowered the legislature to investigate any public petition forwarded to the House.

In response, the governor in July appointed a Moreland Act panel to investigate public corruption.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups on Wednesday called for Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in the city.

... The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption is finalizing a contract with K2 Intelligence for «reviewing immense amounts of data from disparate sources and of varied levels of organization to uncover conflicts of interest or possible corruption,» according to a letter from Cuomo's office.

The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, created by Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this year, sent a letter in late August requesting information from state lawmakers who earned more than $ 20,000 in income aside from their part - time legislative salaries.

A member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission, formed in July 2014 to investigate public corruption, Soares failed to follow up with his own corruption probes after the commission was disbanded — even though he had clear jurisdiction as Albany DA.

Both the Democrat - dominated State Assembly and the State Senate, which is controlled by Republicans in a coalition with five breakaway Democrats, eliminated funding for the Cuomo - convened Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

Cuomo appointed the commission in 2013 to investigate public corruption by state officials, Cuomo closed... Continue reading →

The New York Times warns, «There is growing concern that the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, also known as the Moreland Commission, could become little more than a branch of the governor's political network.

The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was co-chaired by Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, was shut down suddenly by Cuomo in March 2014 as part of a state budget deal with leaders of the state Legislature.

Back in July, Governor Cuomo announced the creation of the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption (also known as the Moreland Commission), which was intended to independently investigate political corruption among New York state legislators.

Extell and other luxury developers such as Larry Silverstein and Joseph Sitt that benefited from the legislation have been hit with subpeonas by a special commission created by Cuomo to investigate public corruption.

A key issue is whether in fact the Moreland Commission appointed by Cuomo to investigate public corruption was a mere instrument of the governor — with which he could do whatever he pleased — or an independent entity.

The indictments and ongoing investigation is the fruit of an agreement between their offices to audit and investigate public malfeasance.

That big New York Times article detailing the Cuomo administration's interference with the panel he created to investigate public corruption came a little more than two months after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara seized the commission's records, and publicly excoriated the governor for shuttering it before its scheduled sunset.

And according to the state comptroller's office, another state agency acting on behalf of the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption requested $ 200,000 for a Buffalo - based «litigation support» firm for «data collection and analysis, to assist the federal government.»

GUILDERLAND — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declined to comment on a subpoena reportedly sent by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in reference to the work of the recently disbanded Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

After visiting the NYCHA Jackson Houses in the South Bronx on Monday morning, Cuomo announced that the state Health Department will investigate public health and safety hazards at NYCHA properties.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's commission to investigate public corruption, says the commission does not intend to investigate Cuomo or Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo personally met with the leaders of his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption two days before they sent subpoenas to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, newly posted state records show.

No action was taken, and Cuomo then convened the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

ALBANY — While a dozen of his Senate colleagues are fighting in court, State Senator Mark Grisanti has decided to comply with a subpoena from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, he told Capital.

That description directly contradicts several things, including the fact that the panel was named «The Commission to Investigate Public Corruption,» and that 10 of its 25 members were sitting district attorneys.

The Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, also known as the Moreland Commission, laid out examples of the kinds of scandals it is uncovering without naming names or referring potential crimes to a prosecutor.

Fitzpatrick, the Republican who co-chaired the governor's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, said it would be «not ethical» to suggest the commission's work product will definitely lead to criminal charges against any lawmakers.

His office previously examined the administration's involvement in the operation of Cuomo's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was shut down in March 2014 — midway through its planned 18 - month existence — as part of a budget deal struck by the governor, Skelos and Silver.

Finally Cuomo made good on his longtime threat to empanel a Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption.

The Independence Party was faulted by the Cuomo - convened Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption for appearing to serve as a pass - through for Republican efforts to keep control of the State Senate.

The chairman, William Fitzpatrick, also said that the commission, created by Governor Andrew Cuomo to investigate public corruption in Albany and recommend changes to state election and fund - raising law, has found «criminal behavior» through its investigations.

The law firm Harris Beach said that disclosing the records sought by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption would violate attorney - client privilege, and that the Moreland subpoena is «oppressive» in nature.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says there is «no question» that subpoenas issued to legislators by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption will be upheld if challenged, but that the 25 - member panel should be strategic about whether it picks a fight with legislators.

Cuomo and his associates are engaged in a war of words that began with legislative resistance to his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, and culminated yesterday when Democratic State Committee executive director Rodney Capel called on a Republican - allied Democratic senator to «register Republican.»

ALBANY — On Friday, Republican and Democratic leaders of the Assembly and Senate, along with two major law firms that employ some of their members, legally challenged subpoenas by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

In a brief filed Tuesday in Supreme Court in Manhattan, Senate Republican Campaign Committee lawyer Michael Chertoff said the SRCC «voluntarily discontinues» its challenge to a September subpoena from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In 2013, the governor convened a panel called the Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption.

It was touted as one of the major reforms agreed to by the Legislature that followed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial decision to disband his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption midway through its planned lifespan.

When he shut down the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption in March, Cuomo set in motion events that would test his poise.

The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption folded in April after Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed during budget talks to disband it.

In related news, Cuomo yet again justified shutting down the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption in the 2014 budget deal.

An investigation by Cuomo's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption ensued.

Eventually, the FBI became involved when former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara inherited the case from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's disbanded Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.