Sentences with phrase «about ethics reform»

Appearing Wednesday morning in Kingston to push the minimum wage and leave proposals, Cuomo was asked why he wasn't spending much time talking about his ethics reform package.

Griffo says if legislators are really serious about ethics reform they have to consider term limits.

Over the past few months, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's comments about ethics reform have made use of third - person pronouns like «they,» as in, «Certainly, they have time to do ethics reform.»

This is about ethics reform, letting people know who's bending your ear.»

«The Assembly is serious about ethics reform and we know that words are not enough.

«This Assembly is serious about ethics reform,» Mr. Heastie said, adding, «We know that words are simply not enough.»

«Make no mistake, this house is serious about ethics reform and we know that words are not enough,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx).

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Since the sentencings of two former legislative leaders, there's been plenty of talk about ethics reform, but so far, little action.

«It is clear Martins cares far more about using money taken directly from the wallets of Nassau County taxpayers to campaign for himself than he does about ethics reform, which he has blocked at every turn in Albany.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino talks about his ethics reform plan during a press conference Monday afternoon, June 16, 2014, outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

As the final days of the current state Legislature's session wind down, there's growing calls for lawmakers and the governor to do something about ethics reform.

Forget about ethics reform from the guy who couldn't fill out his own ethics forms correctly.

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Saying little about ethics reforms or Mr. Skelos, Mr. McGrath focused instead on local issues and gained a long list of union endorsements.

Cuomo, when asked directly about ethics reforms, says he and lawmakers already did that in the state budget.

Asked if the contentious debate about ethics reforms will cause a late budget, Skelos said, «If theres a late budget it's going to be because of the governor.

A quick review made clear that the package was not about ethics reforms.

And he's right: For too long, New Yorkers have heard a lot about ethics reforms, but limited actions.

Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi called the Schimminger legislation «another smokescreen,» saying he'd push changes that would affect lawmakers if he were serious about ethics reforms — like having the state freedom of information law cover the Legislature, banning pork - barrel spending known as «member items,» imposing term limits and eliminating legislative stipends.

Not exact matches

Koch told me he has had second thoughts about letting Espada be a «hero», even though he met the criteria by signing the ethics, budget and redistricting reform pledges sent to all candidates — both insurgents and incumbents — running this fall.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

Valesky spoke about his Senate record, including what he considers his achievements in protecting small businesses, ethics reform and his efforts to reduce the deficit.

«And with his signature, the refusal of some candidates — incumbents and challengers alike — to sign the pledge and support these reforms says even more about their candidacies, their beliefs, their ethics, and their obviously utter contempt for the people of our state.»

Generally speaking, lawmakers are trying to determine whether it's worth going to war with Cuomo now, or waiting to see if he's really serious about being willing to risk a late budget — and a government shutdown — to get what he wants in ethics reform.

The matter of prioritization for the bill - signing also underscores questions about the bill being necessary in the first place, but also issue that many took with Cuomo's abandonment of other, more pressing government ethics and campaign finance reform proposals, many of which he had previously claimed to champion.

She recently called Mr. Silver «a hero» and ran a campaign that was less about meaningful ethics reform than about her promises to bring money to the district the way Mr. Silver did.

Governor Andrew Cuomo forgot about government ethics reform.

Cuomo also talked a bit about the «dramatic» ethics reform he's working on with legislative leaders, although he didn't offer much in the way of details on that, other than to say: «Is dramatic reform hard to accept and hard to pass?

So much good work, but we need the public with us and we need the public to trust us and believe in us, and that's what ethics reform is all about.

There is a disagreement about the need for more ethics reform.

This increase was explicitly linked by Gov. Mario Cuomo to an ethics reform package that required lawmakers to disclose some details about their outside employment and limit the types of work they could perform for clients.

Dick Dadey, executive director of the ethics reform group Citizens Union, said he had heard «nothing» about the review panel's activities — including whether it would be scheduling public hearings — despite numerous queries.

That's what ethics reform is all about.»

This year, we all must feel certain and confident in our selection for governor, so we should hear what Paterson, Levy, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, former Rep. Rick Lazio and whoever else may step forward has to say about governance, education, ethics reform, health care and civil rights.

They'll also talk about some of the areas of state government that need reform including, campaign finance, ethics and redistricting.

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.

The move would have to be approved by Governor Cuomo, and they're considerably less enthusiastic about his plan to trade a pay increase for a slew of ethics reforms.

They'll also talk about the nomination of Rep. John McHugh to be Secretary of the Army, ethics reform proposals, pension fund losses and much more.

Several legislators who were interviewed by Capital about their general positions on ethics reform have independently offered similar ideas.

The governor's remarks, made at an Easter egg hunt at the executive mansion, are a change from what Cuomo said in late March when asked about the chances for ethics reform.

«It certainly is going to make us think hard about what type of ethics reform the Senate and the Assembly pass.»

On this episode of State of Politics LIVE: We talk to Ken Lovett from the NY Daily News about what's next for ethics reform.

«My campaign has always been about achieving tax relief for overburdened Long Island families, fair funding for struggling school districts, and real ethics reforms to restore public faith in government.»

We've been thinking a lot about the Pennsylvania legislature, wondering whether ethics reform will remain a priority.

Senate Republicans on Friday indicated a willingness to back «additional reforms» to the state's ethics and election laws as talk continues to swirl about a potential special session before the end of the year.

The ethics reform package needed in Albany, NY points to one thing above all else, from the Governor on down, transparency is required to eliminate doubt about illegal activities.

If the legislators were serious about reform (which they are not), they could simply pass ethics bills in each house outside the budget process and present it to Cuomo for signature.

And I think the message that he's talking about again of property tax cap, lowering taxes, ethics reform, are things that we agree with, especially our challengers.»

«It was definitely a productive meeting in the sense of talking about how the Legislature can work productively with the governor on issues where we share objectives: The property tax cap, ethics reform, job creation.

Most important, it raises questions about the sincerity of any previous and future ethics reforms.»