Sentences with phrase «against ethics reform»

I want to be clear on one thing: I am not against ethics reform.

«Somethings never change - the Assembly is against ethics reform and the Senate is for millionaires,» Azzopardi said.

«The Assembly is against ethics reform and the Senate is for millionaires.»

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. (D - Bronx), the only member of the Senate to vote against the ethics reform bill, vowed to release his information - if the leadership does so first.

It's hard to sell anti-corruption when your longest - serving member a) has his house searched by the FBI and b) the next day votes against ethics reform.

«At his first official campaign event, Chris McGrath outrageously confirmed he is against ethics reforms to ban outside income and will continue to line his pockets through his outside law practice.

Not exact matches

Under a newly passed ethics reform law — which Ambrosino, King Sweeney and Blakeman voted against — Ambrosino would be barred from working for the town or running for re-election if he is convicted of the felony charges.

The Cuomo appointees recommended against a pay raise until legislators agreed to pass ethics reform that would limit outside income for lawmakers to 15 percent.

With the legislative session down to the wire, groups for and against bills, including expansion of Uber ride services and ethics reform, came to the Capitol to make their voices heard.

The state budget could end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

Ted Stevens lost his bid for a seventh Senate term against Begich in November following a conviction of seven counts of lying on Senate ethics reforms.

ALBANY — With an indictment looming against two former top officials in his administration and his call for a special session to deal with ethics reform seemingly falling on deaf ears, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced unilateral changes to the state's spending practices.

The New York state budget might end up in court under some potential scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

The state budget might end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

«While Adam Haber's advertising is just beginning, Jack Martins and his extremist GOP allies have been pouring money into this district trying to distract from the fact that he has consistently voted against women's rights and health, supported higher taxes and fees and blocked all ethics reforms to clean up Albany.

A government reform group is calling for a state ethics panel report to be made public, one day after the panel investigating charges against Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D - Brooklyn) sent a report to the legislative ethics committee.

He should make it clear to legislators that resisting, or even delaying, ethics reform will be grounds for him to campaign against them.

And New York State voters should accept the truth that the Legislature itself will never seriously vote against its members» self - interest to make progress on ethics or electoral reform.

Koppell, if he runs, would be counting on some of the wealthy Democrats to vote against Klein for the failure of comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform, which stalled thanks to a lack of support from Andrew Cuomo and Klein's Republican partners in the Senate, and on Hispanics in the district who are, in Koppell's words, «very disappointed at the way he failed to get the Dream Act through.»

on avoiding working with Republicans on ethics reform, instead hoping to use it as an issue against them.

After Gov. Cuomo made an issue of Albany ethics, Silver fought tooth and nail against every reform.