Sentences with phrase «corruption in state government in»

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Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. is pressing Canada's new Liberal government to adopt corporate corruption settlement deals like those in place in the United Kingdom and the United States, saying federal charges laid against the company are hurting its ability to compete against rivals in Group of 7 countries.

The reasoning of the declaration seems clear: the crisis facing Muslims has its roots not only in the corruption or inadequacy of the governments of Muslim states, but in the policies of the US.

just read the American Government warnings for Citizens travelling in Mexico and you will know that Paradise Earth is no longer Heaven on Earth... Rebellions, Refugees camps, Government Corruption, Wars, Death, Wealth disparity, injustice, State Security regulations... Poverty, unnecessary suffering, Death... Toxic Assets, Economic Depression, Filthy Rich and Perversion....

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

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's spokeswoman Jennifer Freeman noted that email trails are often used by investigators to catch government officials engaged in wrongdoing, and if those trails are no longer available, it could curtail corruption - busting probes.

The corruption case touched off calls for reforming procurement and contracting oversight procedures in state government.

There was widespread concern that fraud would worsen dramatically after EU enlargement in 2004, particularly with the accession of eight former Soviet bloc states and their experiences of closed government and corruption under Communism and rising gangsterism since the collapse of the USSR.

Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure in the federal government's corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenIn this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenin New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenin state government.

Bharara had risen to prominence as a federal prosecutor in part for his aggressive pursuit of public corruption in city and state government.

@Denis de Bernardy: because I've often heard the charge of corruption thrown at Arab states; and as I said it came to me as a «surprise» that so many in the Israel government has faced similar charges and been indicted; just goes to show what one can learn when reading around; look at whats happening at the US with the Potentate Trump and his First Family - who'd have thought the US would have gone the way of Arab nepotism?

Labour unions in the Federal University of Technology, Akure, in Ondo State have applauded the Federal Government for suspending the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Adebiyi Daramola, who is facing corruption charges alongside university's Bursar, Emmanuel Oresegun, at the state High Court sitting in Akure, the State capState have applauded the Federal Government for suspending the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Adebiyi Daramola, who is facing corruption charges alongside university's Bursar, Emmanuel Oresegun, at the state High Court sitting in Akure, the State capstate High Court sitting in Akure, the State capState capital.

NEW YORK (AP) A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

ALBANY — State government is bracing for a parade of corruption trials in 2018, with five cases involving powerful players going before juries at the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 legislative seats are up for election.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

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

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.

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.

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.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.in state government and inequality across the...

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.

Lerner says New York state government has had «corruption scandal after corruption scandal» and elected officials should not try to interfere in the process, and «try to put their thumb on the scale.»

Despite an overwhelming feeling among participants that corruption is still a major problem in the New York State government and general disagreement with Governor Cuomo's claim that the Moreland Commission was successful, 58 percent of voters said they would vote to re-elect him.

The state's «population decline, economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & [Cuomo's] closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge» the gov's boast, tweeted Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R), who hopes to unseat Cuomo in November.

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.

However this year offers a unique opportunity to end the corruption scandals in Albany, and return state government back into the hands of citizens.

«Depending on what happens in the trials, the corruption parade could drive the session,» said Blair Horner, a longtime state government watchdog with the New York Public Interest Research Group.

While the New York attorney general's office does sometimes investigate public corruption, it often focuses on acting as the attorney for state government agencies in civil matters.

While Schneiderman was aggressive in his crusade against Trump, he was fairly hands - off when it came to the very obvious corruption in New York state government.

Corruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon theCorruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-..In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon thecorruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-..in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-...]

Lerner said New York state government has had «corruption scandal after corruption scandal,» and elected officials should not try to interfere in the process and «try to put their thumb on the scale.»

Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.

If the Legislature is serious about restoring the public trust in government, then this first step says that New Yorkers will not stand for the corruption of our politicians who want to enrich themselves at the expense of the taxpayers of this State.

Stating how his administration would be different from the country's successive governments, Mr Agyapong said a CPP government would cut down on government expenditure and put money in the pocket of Ghanaians, capture the data of Ghanaians on a common data base and eliminate corruption which he said was destroying the country.

The ad splices footage from Cuomo's gubernatorial announcement speech during which he said things like «we're tired of seeing New Yorkers victimized by government corruption in Albany» with a clip of him leaning over to kiss Silver on the cheek at an undated state Democratic Party event.

Reiterating his commitment to depoliticise the prosecution of corruption in Ghana, President Akufo - Addo stated that «we are going to create the Office of Special Prosecutor, who will not be a creature of the government but will be an independent person who will have the power to decide who to prosecute.

In a rare visit to Albany on Monday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York's Southern District appealed to honest politicians and others in state government to call out corruption when they see iIn a rare visit to Albany on Monday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York's Southern District appealed to honest politicians and others in state government to call out corruption when they see iin state government to call out corruption when they see it.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethicIn light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethicin how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

«Cleaning up corruption is never easy, and that is certainly true for corruption in New York State government.

When it comes to reducing corruption in state government, 23 percent of New Yorkers, fewer than a quarter, give him a positive job performance rating, compared to more than two - thirds, 69 percent, who give him a negative job performance rating.

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 statIn 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 statin state government and inequality across the state.

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

Government watch dog groups say the arrest of one of the two most powerful men in the New York legislature on fraud and corruption charges highlights the need for better state laws against wrong doing.

«We will keep looking hard at corruption in our legislative branch as we have been, but not just there, but in the executive branch, too — both in city and state government,» Bharara said on April 12 at a gala hosted by the good - government group Common Cause, where he suggested there should be more efforts at government reform.

Although state and federal investigations into de Blasio's fundraising practices closed without anyone being charged, allegations have resurfaced again in the last two weeks as Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in an ongoing political corruption trial, testified he was in weekly communication with the mayor and was promised favors in exchange for money.

«We need to end corruption in state government.

In 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo established a commission to investigate corruption in state governmenIn 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo established a commission to investigate corruption in state governmenin state government.

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

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.»