Sentences with phrase «ban outside employment»

Cuomo sought a constitutional amendment in December that would ban outside employment in a special session that failed to coalesce.

Sixty - five percent support banning outside employment for lawmakers, who technically are considered part - time under current law.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers, especially in the Senate, have been generally resistant to efforts that would place limits or bans on outside employment.

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

He favors banning Council Members from most outside employment, including law firm partnerships or consulting work.

Among the many provisions in the bill: end outside employment for lawmakers, ban per diem limits and dramatically tighten campaign contribution limits, restrict contributions by lobbyists, create a public financing system, and provide for a substantial salary increase for legislators while extending their terms from two years to four years.

It did not recommend a ban on MPs taking outside employment such as journalism, but said that any such activity should be within «reasonable limits» and «transparent», with information available to voters at election time.

Cuomo said that he wanted a special session to tackle sweeping ethics and campaign - finance reform changes, including the public financing of political campaigns as well as a cap on outside pay and banning employment of state lawmakers from firms that have business before the state.

Mahoney needs county lawmakers to start moving soon on an initiative that includes term limits for legislators and countywide office holders, and clarifies salaries and a ban on outside employment.

«But if the choice is a full - time State Legislature with a ban on outside employment versus part time legislators with full disclosure of all outside income, voters strongly prefer to keep a part - time Legislature with full income disclosure by legislators.

Governor Andrew Cuomo hinted during a speech earlier this month at New York University that outside employment is «problematic in modern times» and that the «cleanest» solution would be to ban it completely.

«I believe that if we ban outside income from active employment for elected officials and pay them a livable wage to raise their families, it will go a long way to cure the temptation of a few to engage in this type of bad behavior,» said Bonacic, a veteran in the Senate's Republican majority.

«Outside employment income must be banned,» Mr. Schneiderman told the crowd at a Citizens Union event at New York Law School this evening.