Sentences with phrase «after ethics legislation»
Cuomo shut down the commission with little fanfare in April after ethics legislation was agreed to in the state budget.
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After good - government groups criticized the ethics legislation he signed into law this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday acknowledged more work needed to be done the issue.
Cuomo has proposed ethics legislation, his second package since he and the Legislature passed a 2011 ethics reform act after campaigning in 2010 to «clean up Albany,» a platform similar to ones routinely used in Albany campaigns for decades.
Cuomo introduced the legislation in the final weeks of the session after additional ethics and campaign finance reform measures he proposed failed to gain any traction.
Lawmakers — as well as Cuomo — had been under pressure to approve some form of ethics and anti-corruption legislation in Albany after a parade of corruption arrests that engulfed the Capitol in recent years, including the convictions of the two former state legislative leaders last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.
After 97 % of those surveyed by Siena indicate they desired real ethics reform measures be enacted we get Beagle bills, cat declawing legislation, Daily fantasy sports, the right to drink on Sunday morning and a lot of sorry excuses and finger pointing concerning ethics in government.
«Senator Skelos» first statement after being elected GOP Leader was that they would continue to block all progressive legislation including a much needed hike in the minimum wage, protections for women and real ethics reforms.
The arrest of Skelos comes after lawmakers approved a new package of ethics and transparency legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office had insisted was among the strongest in the nation.
Just a week after Gov. Cuomo praised the Legislature for passing «historic» ethics - reform legislation, state senators opposed to enacting a «historic» same - sex marriage law are being courted with promises of political cover, endorsements and (psst!)
Cuomo disbanded the commission in March 2014 after state lawmakers agreed to pass ethics reform legislation.
After the corruption convictions of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam were tossed on Tuesday, the inevitable call for new ethics legislation came from good - government groups and lawmakers.
Cuomo and the state's legislative leaders in March agreed to stave off talks over ethics legislation after the passage of the budget, which was approved on April 1.