Sentences with phrase «appointees of legislative leaders»

Under law, at least some of the appointees of legislative leaders must support the hiring of the executive director.

The law requires unwieldy super-majorities for sanctions against violators — as many as 13 votes for action — and essentially gives veto power over sanctions to appointees of legislative leaders.

Judge Patrick McGrath wrote that «the commission can not be described as independent when eight of the ten members are the hand picked appointees of legislative leaders,» and two are «essentially political appointees by proxy.»

Not exact matches

JCOPE is composed of appointees by the legislative leaders of the Assembly and Senate as well as the governor.

The old Commission on Public Integrity remained in a state of limbo until December 12th, when the governor and legislative leaders announced their appointees to the new commission.

The legislation would create a 13 - person commission consisting of appointees of Albany's legislative leaders and the presidents of the League of Women Voters of New York State and the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House.

The Public Authorities Control Board, made up of one appointee each from the Governor and legislative leaders, would have the ability to veto individual affordable housing projects.

Only 8 percent of voters said they trusted the often - maligned Joint Commission on Public Ethics, a lobbying and ethics regulator which has appointees of the governor and legislative leaders.

The authority's board of directors would be composed of four state agency heads, five gubernatorial appointees and six members appointed by legislative leaders.

This May, NYRA President and CEO Charles Hayward and General Counsel Patrick Kehoe were ousted in the wake of a scandal involving the overcharging of bettors; the association ultimately agreed to three years of oversight by a panel dominated by appointees to be picked by Cuomo and legislative leaders.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders on Thursday announced the public appointees to the board that Cuomo wanted reconfigured because of concerns about the association's past performance.

While Cuomo appoints a majority of the commissioners, majority party legislative leaders get three appointees each and minority party leaders get one appointment.

It would consist of six appointees each by the governor and legislative leaders.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has no problem calling out legislative leaders, the state comptroller, the mayor of New York City and even his own appointees to the Port Authority.

The state Attorney General's Office argued the pay raise commission, which is made up of appointees of the governor, legislative leaders, and the state's chief judge, is legal and that the case should be dismissed.

Each of the four legislative leaders get one appointee.

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.

A source told the Times Union that Cuomo administration officials had reached out to legislative leaders before Tuesday's meeting in an attempt to see if their appointees were planning to issue criticism of the recent hirings or the proposed process for selecting the next executive director.

For the first time, the redistricting process includes equal representation among the four legislative leaders and appointees not of the Republican and Democratic parties.

They are appointees of the Governor and the legislative leaders.