Sentences with phrase «comprehensive ethics reform»

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has said lawmakers can choose to clean up their acts or face repeated prosecutions, said Cuomo's package was «welcome news,» but hoped lawmakers would «use today's announcement as another clear sign that Albany must pass comprehensive ethics reform before the end of session.»

They are also likely to renew calls for comprehensive ethics reform in Albany — a goal that has eluded Cuomo and lawmakers despite a seemingly unprecedented period of exposed public corruption, including the arrests of two legislative leaders in 2015.

«The Senate Democratic Conference has always been the most aggressive advocates of comprehensive ethics reforms,» said Mike Murphy, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats.

«Recycling Ed Cox and Rob Astorino's pathetic lies that hinge on the hearsay testimony of a convicted felon is a feeble attempt by Dean Skelos» heir apparent to distract from the fact that he, unlike Senator Kaminsky, doesn't support comprehensive ethics reform,» Azzopardi said.

At 1 p.m., At news conferences in Albany and New York City, an hour before Silver is sentenced for corrupting his office, Common Cause / NY, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, NYPIRG and Reinvent Albany will urge Cuomo and state lawmakers to act on comprehensive ethics reform before the end of the session, LCA Room, Legislative Office Building, Room 130, Albany; and Foley Square, Intersection of Lafayette, Worth, and Centre streets, Manhattan.

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

«The Assembly has pledged to enact comprehensive ethics reforms, and we take that commitment very seriously,» said Speaker Carl Heastie.

The Daily News reported Monday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not support a raise for state lawmakers, who currently make $ 79,500, unless they agree to more comprehensive ethics reforms.

Since then, Cuomo has taken the occasional opportunity to tout the prospect of a convention as a tool for finally addressing comprehensive ethics reform, an effort that has eluded him for years.

Cuomo has threatened not to accept a budget bill that does not contain comprehensive ethics reforms, even if it leads to a government shutdown.

If passed, this would be the most comprehensive ethics reform the county has seen in decades.

NYPIRG has been lobbying lawmakers in Albany for several years to pass comprehensive ethics reform.

In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

«Recycling Ed Cox and Rob Astorino's pathetic lies that hinge on the hearsay testimony of a convicted felon is a feeble attempt by Dean Skelos» heir apparent to distract from the fact that he, unlike Senator Kaminsky, doesn't support comprehensive ethics reform.»

The long list of bills that failed to materialize included comprehensive ethics reforms (in a capital troubled by corruption and scandal); a proposal to amend the State Constitution to assure a right to clean air and water; and a measure to give victims of childhood sexual abuse a much longer window in which to bring civil or criminal cases.

Yet the legislature and the Governor have not acted boldly to enact comprehensive ethics reform.

«More than ever, spending decisions must be made more transparent as an integral part of the comprehensive ethics reforms that New Yorkers deserve,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

«I think if he had a magic wand, he'd do it,» Horner said of the governor's desire to pass comprehensive ethics reform.

DOWNTOWN — Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo and his successor as attorney general Eric Schneiderman are planning a comprehensive ethics reform agenda that will likely include an independent ethics watchdog and an independent prosecutor, Cuomo said after the pair's first official meeting Friday.

Gov. Cuomo Proposes Public Financing of Elections in State of the State Address In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement in response to the Kruger - Boyland - Lipsky et al corruption scandal, saying today's arrests «again spotlight the failings of New York State government and highlight the urgent need for the Legislature to pass comprehensive ethics reform — now.»

«We will continue to fight to give New Yorkers the real, comprehensive ethics reform they demand.»

Good government groups used the occasion of Silver's sentencing to renew their calls for comprehensive ethics reform, including limits on lawmakers» outside income and a comprehensive overhaul of the operation of the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Albany Times - Union: State Elected Officials Failed to Address NY's «Most Glaring Failure» On Tuesday, the Albany Times - Union termed Governor Cuomo's failure to pass comprehensive ethics reform the state government's «most glaring failure.»

Passed a comprehensive ethics reform package to restore integrity to State government.

Mr. Cuomo; the Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie; and the Senate majority leader, John Flanagan, have been wrapping up closed - door negotiations in the rush to meet an April 1 budget deadline, but comprehensive ethics reform has not been part of those discussions.

An hour before Silver is to be sentenced, representatives of government watchdog groups Common Cause / NY, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, NYPIRG and Reinvent Albany will hold a news conference in Albany to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to pass comprehensive ethics reform to try to prevent future corruption cases.

«The Assembly passed a comprehensive ethics reform package earlier this year and we hope the Senate will agree.

But as he's made clear this year, there are now only two paths forward — continued prosecutions and further erosion of the public trust, or comprehensive ethics reform that gets to the root of the problem,» said Matt Mittenthal, spokesman for Schneiderman, in a statement to Gotham Gazette.