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Antonacci says no one has bothered him about this outside income in the ten years he's been comptroller, until he sued the county over elected officials pay raises two years ago.

SILVER also repeatedly made false statements about his outside income in his public statements, including the following:

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If the governor is going to weigh in, he is going to have to be prepared to talk about things like how do you get royalties for a book signing, how do you have outside income, how do you pass that income, how do you deal with issues that most people won't understand but may not pay attention to the way they do right now?

When state Sen. Marc Panepinto, a Buffalo Democrat, announced he wouldn't seek a second term in office, concern about potential restrictions to outside income was among a handful of reasons he said contributed to his decision.

In a later phone conversation, on March 18, Dean Skelos bragged to his son about how he was going to «go after» Cuomo about Lee's outside income.

Financial disclosures filed last year show 24 lawmakers, mostly lawyers, were making about as much or more in outside income as their $ 79,500 base annual pay from the state.

The bill provides a little more information about legislators» outside income, including by limiting their ability to claim that certain income should be shielded from public disclosure, a tactic that has been all too common in Albany in recent years.

Young fenced with Democratic State Sen. Daniel Squadron about ethics proposals — including a cap on outside income for legislators — that the GOP did not include in its resolution.

The verdict was a quick and unceremonious end for Mr. Silver, who, during his more than two decades as the State Assembly speaker, displayed a Teflon - like quality in deflecting questions about his outside income as well as calls for his ouster.

«I think ultimately we will have to have in this state, sooner or later, a serious conversation and debate about moving to a full - time legislature, from the perspective of banning all outside income,» said the senator.

Silver's attorneys argued in court that his corruption trial could turn into «a trial within a trial» when the government introduces details about the assemblyman's failure to disclose the scope of his outside income.

Financial disclosures filed last year show just 24 state lawmakers — mostly lawyers — were making about as much or more in outside income as their $ 79,500 base annual pay from the state.

«Throughout the campaign I was also very vocal about my support for restrictions on lobbying activity, or bidding on state contracts, reform to restrictions on outside income, and term limits for our bodies» leaders, which is what we had voted on in our rules, that was the first thing that we did - eight years that we wanted for committee chairs and for leadership,» Serino says.

Common Cause New York examined disclosure records from all 213 state lawmakers and found that, only about one third actually claim outside income in addition to their nearly $ 80,000 a year salaries.

Flanagan also argued that the Legislature, in recent years, had already made «major, sweeping» changes in ethics laws, requiring lawmakers to disclose more information about their outside income.

Silver is accused of lying and misleading the public about the source of his outside income and of going great lengths to conceal at least 15 years of fraud from the Moreland Commission, which was established to clean up the corruption in Albany.

In a written response to questions about potential ethics reforms in Albany, Larkin said on Tuesday that he was willing to consider limiting lawmakers» outside income, as opposed to banning it, but also voiced concerns about creating «professional politicians» and allowing only «the wealthy elite» to ruIn a written response to questions about potential ethics reforms in Albany, Larkin said on Tuesday that he was willing to consider limiting lawmakers» outside income, as opposed to banning it, but also voiced concerns about creating «professional politicians» and allowing only «the wealthy elite» to ruin Albany, Larkin said on Tuesday that he was willing to consider limiting lawmakers» outside income, as opposed to banning it, but also voiced concerns about creating «professional politicians» and allowing only «the wealthy elite» to run.

State Democrats stepped up their calls on Monday for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino to release five years worth of tax returns, saying in an open memo to reporters there are «unanswered questions about his outside income.»

Mr. Newell had mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge against Mr. Silver in 2008, when he gained attention for raising questions about Mr. Silver's considerable outside income.

But if we are really going to do everything we can to completely eliminate the influence of outside money in the process, then it seems to me that sooner or later we have to have the conversation about eliminating outside income for legislatures.

The governor wants to limit legislators» outside income to about $ 12,000 a year — a clear reaction to former assemblyman Sheldon Silver, whose lawyer argued during his corruption trial, «It's virtually impossible for someone to serve in this citizen - legislator model and not have some form of conflict.

It's not about raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside income.»

Details about the governor's proposal, due to be unveiled in next week's State of the State address, are not known, but are likely to include requiring more disclosure and regulations regarding outside income, and another promise to push to seal the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which allows limited liability companies almost unchecked ability to donate money to candidates.

Bharara noted that Moreland had begun to seek similar information about state legislators» outside incomes but was stymied in court.

The amount of information about officials» outside income has gradually increased throughout Cuomo's administration, and in the past nine years alone, the State Ethics Commission has been deemed a failure and replaced with the Commission on Public Integrity, which was subsequently deemed a failure and replaced with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Information about Percoco's outside income that had been filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics in 2013 and 2015 was part of the allegations.

For the first time in Mr. Silver's corruption trial in Manhattan, prosecutors played recordings of the assemblyman giving what the government says were misleading statements to reporters about how thoroughly he disclosed outside income he received from his legal practice.

Not that this comedy needed to be a documentary about its subject, but the fact that it can't spell out the basics of this business deal — outside of some «robble robble projected income graph percentage closing» jargon that gets peppered throughout the screenplay by Steve Conrad («The Pursuit of Happyness,» «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty»)-- is indicative of a general lack of focus and an inconsistency in tone.

In a year filled with political noise about income inequality and the One Percent lashing out as what they might perceive as government overreach, it's pretty heartening to see a piece of mainstream pop culture embracing imagery that strikes unmistakable parallels between Collins» bruising make believe and the realities that many moviegoers who will be watching this film on opening weekend have to deal with outside the confines of the multiplex.

Sara Mead explained early - childhood education in New Orleans, Kathleen Porter - Magee wrote about theCatholic - school reawakening, and The Economist reported on the heartening story of private - schools outside of the US serving low - income kids.

But I believe a lot of the discussion about the value of children in low - income communities is based on small samples of highly disadvantaged individuals and should not be extrapolated to the half of all births that are now occurring outside of marriage among the youngest generation.

While the measure received some criticism from legislators who worry about how it will be funded, McGrath said the department hopes the plan — which rewards teachers for improved student achievement and supplements income for hard - to - fill positions — will keep the state's best teachers from leaving for higher salaries in Wyoming or outside the profession.

I haven't talked recently about my quest to raise an additional $ 10k this year in income — extra income outside my regular job.

In particular, he asked about New Hope Environmental Services, which was described by Dr. Michaels in litigation as his sole source of income outside of modest speaking fees; Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which paid Dr. Michaels $ 100,000 and $ 50,000 respectively, according to information Dr. Michaels provided in the course of litigation; and the Heartland Institute, an industry - funded think tank that published a journal on which Dr. Michaels served as contributing editoIn particular, he asked about New Hope Environmental Services, which was described by Dr. Michaels in litigation as his sole source of income outside of modest speaking fees; Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which paid Dr. Michaels $ 100,000 and $ 50,000 respectively, according to information Dr. Michaels provided in the course of litigation; and the Heartland Institute, an industry - funded think tank that published a journal on which Dr. Michaels served as contributing editoin litigation as his sole source of income outside of modest speaking fees; Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which paid Dr. Michaels $ 100,000 and $ 50,000 respectively, according to information Dr. Michaels provided in the course of litigation; and the Heartland Institute, an industry - funded think tank that published a journal on which Dr. Michaels served as contributing editoin the course of litigation; and the Heartland Institute, an industry - funded think tank that published a journal on which Dr. Michaels served as contributing editor.

The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

This history came back, triggered when I was recently explaining my «narrow» career to someone in the mortgage field, who had trouble believing I never got involved in explaining mortgaging, personally giving advice outside my area of expertise, as many colleagues who get involved in that arena do, prequalifying buyers; never had them fill out an income statement (I didn't want to know how much money my clients earned, many even self - employed), even when they were my sellers, about to buy, but I always had written prequalification commitments in my hands to provide if and when needed, (that's all I needed to know, and have in writing), and I knew therefore who was in fact providing the funding; they did all the questions asking, not me.