Sentences with phrase «as ethics reform proposals»

The indictments come as ethics reform proposals in the state budget are faltering.

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Cuomo's ties to the hedge fund industry are exceptionally troubling as his latest «ethics reform» proposal does not end the so - called «LLC loophole,» which allows wealthy individuals to easily circumvent maximum donation restrictions.

Still, Cuomo's ethics push with the Senate Republicans comes as he still must convince Assembly Democrats to go along with his education reform proposals.

As for possibility of providing more sunlight when it comes to the budget, Peters said: «We continue to engage the legislature towards a variety of ethics reform proposals.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Speaker of the Assembly say they hope the State Senate will sign on to their joint proposal for ethics reform, as a new poll finds the governor with dropping job approval numbers.

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.

Last year, with ten days remaining in legislative session and confronted with a major ethics reform proposal from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters, «Let me make this as a blanket statement: It is late in the day for anything.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the speaker of the Assembly say they hope the state Senate will sign on to their joint proposal for ethics reform, as a new poll finds the governor with dropping job approval numbers.

Cuomo's briefing book described his latest proposals as «the most ambitious ethics and good government reform package ever to restore New Yorkers confidence in their representatives.»

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.

«The Senate supports enhanced disclosure to ensure transparency and accountability in government, and will modify the Governor's ethics proposals, as well as the education reform initiatives advanced as part of the Executive budget,» the Republican conference stated.

Cuomo's proposal, which he said was designed to mitigate the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizen United decision, comes as talks over ethics reform have stalled at the state Capitol.

An ethics reform proposal quietly circulated between Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders for a possible special session that could also include a pay raise is getting blasted by the State's Attorney General as possibly unconstitutional.

Budget talks began Wednesday, as Governor Cuomo met behind closed doors with legislative leaders to discuss school aid, economic development proposals and ethics reform.

«The Governor has included comprehensive ethics reform in his Executive Budget proposal just as he has every other year,» said Cuomo spokesperson Abbey Fashouer.

Recent ideas for reform have drawn on diverse sources, including the Carnegie Report, 6 as well as newly proposed recommendations for «best practices» in legal education7 and highly publicized accounts of changes in law school curricula at elite schools like Harvard.8 Like several earlier proposals, 9 these reform efforts concentrate on law schools» failure to deal systematically with training for legal practice, as well as on these schools» haphazard approach to teaching legal ethics.