Sentences with phrase «state ethics watchdog jcope»
State ethics watchdog JCOPE slapped $ 270,000 in fines on two firms that figured prominently in the corruption trials of disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
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DeFrancisco, a Republican candidate for governor, called for the dismissal of Seth Agata, the executive director of the state's lobbying and ethics watchdog panel, JCOPE.
Two years after members of the JCOPE complained of interference by Cuomo's administration, phone records show that Cuomo's top attorney repeatedly called the state's ethics watchdog agency.
Two commissioners on the state's ethics watchdog panel have tendered their resignations: David Arroyo, an appointee of Gov. Andrew Cuomo who still had time left on his JCOPE term, and Joseph Covello, who was originally appointed by ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
The 2011 law that created the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) to be the top ethics watchdog in the state contained a proviso that the body would be periodically reviewed to find ways to improve its functioning.
Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).
Also, the state's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), is controlled by individuals who are directly appointed by the governor and the legislative leaders.