Sentences with phrase «recent legislative reforms»

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But Cuomo also wants to enact reforms, including converting to a full - time legislature and strictly limiting outside income, to answer recent corruption scandals that have resulted in prison sentences for the two former legislative leaders.

Once the state's political leaders got past the congratulatory «atta - boys» and backslapping on their most recent effort to reform Albany, the public was left to dig through the details of the legislative agreement.

With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform.

Republicans in the New York State Senate are in talks with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about legislative ethics reforms as demands for changes mount after the recent arrest of the former Assembly speaker.

In a statement, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi alluded to the recent corruption cases that have engulfed the former legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, as examples of areas ripe for reform.

Leading black members of Congress are vowing to lead a legislative fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings around the US.

In the wake of recent concerns by Legislators over the lack of constituent attendance at legislative public hearings, Erie County Legislator Ted Morton and Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo announce that the Legislature approved a reform measure (10 - 0) requiring legislative public hearings be held no earlier than 6 p.m. on weekdays.

(He's siding with the governor in rejecting good government advocates» calls for a special session to pass more ethics reform, saying that despite recent corruption convictions of former senators, it's impossible to «legislative morality»).

Cuomo also wants to enact reforms, including converting to a full - time Legislature and strictly limiting outside income, following recent corruption scandals that have resulted in prison sentences for the two former legislative leaders.

But Cuomo also wants to enact reforms, including converting to a full - time Legislature and strictly limiting outside income, to answer recent corruption scandals that have resulted in prison sentences for the two former legislative leaders.

The recent release of these two reports and the ongoing corruption trials of two legislative leaders have put the spotlight on New York's dire need for state action on ethics reform, yet as Bob Hardt wrote in a recent NY1 column on the issue, «Never aggressively pushing campaign finance reform or transparency, Governor Cuomo seems content to play the master of Albany's current political game rather than rewriting its rules.

A MacIver News investigation that revealed recent state employee retirees cashed in an average of 43 weeks of unused sick leave is prompting legislative calls for reform:

Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D - Martinez, attempted to curtail debate over the proposal because her committee had already considered mandate reform at a recent hearing and considered it a legislative policy question.

Against this background, the different contributions of the book take stock of post-Lisbon developments in order to assess the extent to which the reform of 2009 and recent legislative initiatives relate to the two main controversial aspects identified by the editors.

Clearly also under pressure from the Treasury to retain stamp duty revenues which have risen sharply in recent years following a series of legislative reforms, a possible solution could

And yet human rights agencies and practitioners face a backlash that has resulted in regressive legislative reforms in recent years.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon weighed in on Louisiana's comparatively high auto insurance rates on Monday (Feb. 17), noting a recent landmark suit filed by the East Bank levee board against oil and gas companies will help further a wider push to revisit tort reform during this year's legislative session.

On the legislative front, Czarnecki said a 20 percent REIT dividend deduction included in recent tax reform legislation is «a huge win for us.»