Sentences with phrase «corruption in state government»

It's just over three weeks until the legislative session is scheduled to end, and hopes for reform are fading, during an unprecedented level of corruption in state government.

At the top of the list was addressing corruption in state government.

A recent poll found that 97 % of the public wants something done about corruption in state government, though they disagree on exactly what is needed.

However, 47 percent said corruption in state government is a very serious problem and 39 percent say it's somewhat serious.

It's just over three weeks until the legislative session is scheduled to end, and hopes for reform are fading, despite an unprecedented level of corruption in state government.

A recent poll found that 97 percent of the public wants something done about corruption in state government, though they disagree on exactly what is needed.

I mean, this is the governor who disbanded the Moreland Commission, charged with investigating corruption in state government, when it started to paying attention to some of Cuomo's supporters.

Speaking at a panel on corruption in state government at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara took a shot at some of Governor Andrew Cuomo's actions.

Last month, they told those same pollsters that corruption remains a serious problem in Albany but new ethics laws will have no real effect on reducing corruption in state government.

«Citizens Union calls upon the legislature to meet in special session and deal once and for all with the problem of public corruption in state government,» the statement reads.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, speaking Thursday at a panel on corruption in state government at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, took a shot at some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's actions.

A new liberal Super PAC is targeting Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a TV ad alleging that he is overseeing rampant political corruption in state government.

At the same time, Bharara took a veiled swipe at Cuomo's own efforts to combat corruption in state government through the now - defunct Moreland Commission, whose shutdown his office investigated, but concluded there was no wrongdoing.

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo talking about corruption in state government while speaking at the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University.

The survey conducted by Global Stratey Group (Democrat) and Mercuy Public Affairs (Republican) found strong, across - the - board support for reforming the state's campaign finance system and revealed that seven in 10 voters believe that to do so would reduce the influence of money in politics and also help end corruption in state government.

The inquiry is another attempt to target corruption in state government by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, who, in 2014, opened an investigation into Mr. Cuomo's decision to shut down the Moreland Commission, an anticorruption panel.

But Kolb said he wants to focus his campaign on financial issues, like improving the standard of living for New Yorkers and lowering taxes, as well as reforming corruption in state government.

On the day that former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is scheduled to be sentenced for public corruption crimes, a new Siena College poll found 93 percent of New York voters said they believe corruption in state government is a very serious or somewhat serious problem.

Since then, however, federal and state prosecutors have found systemic corruption in state government, especially the Legislature.

In particular, the rampant corruption in state government would be stomped out by a Gov. Trump, Paladino said.

We find that while voters say corruption in state government in Albany is a serious problem, and in fact 86 percent say it's a serious problem, we also find that it's not the most important issue for voters in terms of who to support for governor.

With their condemnation of corruption in state government before the League of Women Voters in New Paltz last week, political sage Gerry Benjamin and his daughter, Capital District YNN - TV host Liz Benjamin, were preaching to the choir.

But the Moreland Commission was actually split on whether public financing should be included as a cure for corruption in state government.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The lobbyist at the center of a trial looking at alleged corruption in state government was also at the center of a controversial 2013 plan to build a new Syracuse University sports stadium.

Then in January, Silver was arrested on federal charges as part of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against corruption in the state government.

She's criticized Cuomo for disbanding a commission that was probing corruption in state government when commissioners tried to look too closely at Cuomo's donors.

A new Siena poll found New York voters view corruption in state government as a serious issue, yet only about a third of them have followed recent developments about Cuomo's disbanded Moreland Commission closely enough to be able to offer an informed opinion.

While the reforms put forth by DiNapoli could help ameliorate corruption in the state government, said Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the other moderator at Wednesday's event, «How do you convince other elected officials to tie their own hands and in effect not give themselves these opportunities for corruption?»

A recent poll showed 89 percent of New Yorkers think corruption in state government is a serious problem.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has tackled corruption in state government, is investigating the awarding of contracts under the Buffalo Billion program, The New York Post reports.

The commission, a panel of district attorneys empowered to root out corruption in state government, was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who abruptly disbanded it just halfway into what he had said would be an 18 - month term.

A new poll finds that voters want corruption in state government addressed before lawmakers adjourn the 2016 session.

Nixon went on to critique the governor's record on ethics, saying he closed down a Moreland Act Commission that was actively investigating corruption in state government, and earlier this month saw his former closest aide convicted of bribery.

The poll found 69 percent of New Yorkers felt Cuomo was doing a poor or fair job in reducing corruption in state government, while 23 percent said he was doing a good or excellent job.

This summer, Briffault was named to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which will probe systemic public corruption in state government, political campaigns and elections.

Foremost, despite all the arrogant scolding by Andrew Cuomo during the formation of the Moreland Commission looking into political corruption in state government, such corruption is not the sole property of the Legislature.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Ninety - seven percent of New York voters say it's important that lawmakers pass new laws to combat corruption in state government, but two - thirds of them are pessimistic the governor and Legislature will do that this year.

In a statement, Cox said the buck should stop with the governor on the issue of corruption in state government.

47 % think Cuomo is taking steps to clean up corruption in state government while 33 % believe he and his administration are adding to the problem at the state level.

«We need to end corruption in state government.

Bharara, 49, served almost eight years as U.S. attorney in New York, where he spearheaded an historic crackdown on insider trading and targeted corruption in state government, before he was summarily fired by President Donald Trump on March 11, 2017.

But Kolb says he wants to focus his campaign on financial issues, like improving the standard of living for New Yorkers, and lowering taxes, as well as reforming corruption in state government.

Three - quarters of voters, a full 75 percent, said that they believed corruption in state government had either gotten worse, or was as bad as it was in the past few years.

Sandy King, chair of the Yates County Republican Committee, highlighted Kolb's support for lower taxes, protecting gun rights, reducing spending and addressing corruption in state government.

Ninety - two percent of voters said corruption in state government is a serious problem (51 percent say very serious; 41 percent say somewhat serious) in the wake of the arrest and indictment of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, speaking last night at a panel on corruption in state government at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, took a shot at some of Cuomo's actions.

Commentary by John Kaehny and Andrew Rasiej, Like other New Yorkers, we are dismayed by the culture of corruption in state government.

In her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the...

Nixon went on to criticize inequality in the state, which she blamed on policy choices like tax cuts for corporations and wealthier New Yorkers, and called out corruption in state government.