Sentences with phrase «york state ethics commission»

The controversial New York State ethics commission is in the midst of a review by a panel appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature.

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It is worth noting that Judge Miner's inability to parse that distinction was not shared by the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, a twenty - four member commission appointed by Governor Cuomo in 1985 to advise on questions of biomedical ethics.

Susan Lerner, the executive director of the good - government group Common Cause New York, said the ethics package in this year's state budget did not include any provisions to address the types of campaign spending the Moreland Commission was investigating.

Leaders of the New York state legislature are in court fighting a request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ethics commission that they turn over details about their private law clients.

On the heels of former New York State Senate leader Pedro Espada's conviction, the state's ethics commission is pursuing a complaint against one of Albany's most prominent lawmaState Senate leader Pedro Espada's conviction, the state's ethics commission is pursuing a complaint against one of Albany's most prominent lawmastate's ethics commission is pursuing a complaint against one of Albany's most prominent lawmakers.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo received a bit of good news just two days before he's to give his State of the State address: the governor and his office have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the premature closing of an ethics commission.

A legislative ethics commission has sent a notice of delinquency to former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver demanding more information about his outside income.

Mr. Lopez, who as the Democratic leader in Brooklyn and chairman of the Assembly's housing committee projected great influence across New York City and the state, resigned in May 2013 after a state ethics commission released a report about his alleged behavior including groping of female staff members and other unwanted sexual advances.

New York City is flouting a state law that requires unpaid members of policymaking boards and commissions to file financial - disclosure statements — an ethics breach that allows officials on some powerful panels to make decisions without any sunlight on potential conflicts of interest.

NEW YORK — Real estate giant Glenwood Management was fined $ 200,000 by a state ethics commission for its role in the federal corruption convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, once two of New York's most powerful politicians.

The Campaign for One New York, the nonprofit created by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his policy agenda, has been ordered to hand over documents and correspondence between itself and the mayor to the state's ethics commission, a State Supreme Court judge ruled last state's ethics commission, a State Supreme Court judge ruled last State Supreme Court judge ruled last week.

The newly formed state ethics commission, championed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, found that a lobbying group closely associated with the Governor's policies, The Committee to Save New York was the biggest spender in 2011.

The allegations against the Westchester County DA chosen by Governor Cuomo to head a newly formulated state ethics commission were first reported in the New York Post.

The Commission oversees compliance by public officers with ethics laws and by lobbyists with the state laws that govern lobbying in order to avoid conflicts of interest on the part of those holding elected office or public employment in the State of New state laws that govern lobbying in order to avoid conflicts of interest on the part of those holding elected office or public employment in the State of New State of New York.

A new record has been reached in spending on lobbying in New York, according to a report released by the state's ethics commission.

The now - defunct Campaign for One New York has been ordered by a judge to comply with a subpoena and hand over documents between itself and the mayor to a state ethics commission.

Krebs said the other elements of the job as described to him by JCOPE officials included educating state officials on ethics and eliminating «duplicate filings» with the legislature's ethics board and the New York City lobbying commission.

Interference from the governor's office has been the subject of an inquiry by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, related to the governor's decision to close down an ethics panel called the Moreland Commission charged with investigating public corruption.

Some Lobbyists, as well as government reform groups, say a new rule approved by New York State's ethics commission that would require them to report contact with the news media in some cases, violates first amendment rights and would have chilling effect.

New York does, at least, have some ethics oversight: several states have no ethics commissions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

According to New York's Joint Commission on Public Ethic (JCOPE), «No State resources of any type may be used in furtherance of activities, including, but not limited to, telephones, office supplies, postage, photocopying machines, computers and support staff.

Not only has the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver begun, but the trial of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos is set to begin next week; and, there was the recent release of a report by a state ethics review commission calling for changes as well as a national study assessing state government accountability and transparency giving New York a «D -» grade.

They also talk about the deal with the legislature to reform the ethics commissions in New York state, redistricting, his relationship with the governor and whether he would one day be interested in seeking a higher office.

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The ethics panel, the state's Commission on Public Integrity, investigated Mr. Sachs's conduct at the request of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit organization that filed a complaint with the commission in February alleging that Mr. Sachs had violated ethics laws by failing to register as aCommission on Public Integrity, investigated Mr. Sachs's conduct at the request of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit organization that filed a complaint with the commission in February alleging that Mr. Sachs had violated ethics laws by failing to register as acommission in February alleging that Mr. Sachs had violated ethics laws by failing to register as a lobbyist.