Sentences with phrase «corruption in the state legislature»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has joined forces with the New York State Attorney General to create a commission with wide ranging powers to investigate corruption in the state legislature.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has joined forces with the State's Attorney General to create a commission with wide ranging powers to investigate corruption in the state legislature.

Similarly, 78 percent thought that Governor Cuomo's decision to shut down the Moreland Commission, which was investigating corruption in the state legislature, was a political deal struck with legislative leaders, rather than a «decision based on good government.»

In a landmark year for corruption in the state legislature, 2015 saw the arrest and conviction of two of the most powerful political leaders in New York.

Not exact matches

The second of the state legislature's two former leaders has now been convicted on multiple corruption charges after a jury lost no time in finding former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty on all eight counts.

Supporters pointed to the continuing dysfunction and corruption scandals in the state legislature.

Reyes noted that «Until a career in the state legislature is seen as a public service, instead of a license to steal, we will continue to be plagued by political corruption.»

State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former leaders of the legislature.

At the kick off event in New York City, a prominent figure in busting corruption in the legislature announced he's found a back door way to confiscating the pensions of convicted state politicians.

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.

At the kick - off event in New York City, a prominent figure in busting corruption in the legislature announced he's found a back door way to confiscate the pensions of convicted state politicians.

Cuomo created the ethics commission under the state's Moreland Act a little over a year ago amidst rampant corruption rampant in the legislature, that included a string of indictments, resignations and jailings of lawmakers.

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.

Also Monday, the legislature agreed to advertise for an independent inspector general — a position advocated by Democrats and later Republicans after former State Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were convicted in 2015 on corruption charges involving a Nassau contract.

On Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the governor indicated that Cuomo is now looking more broadly at revising procurement contracts in New York State, and going beyond the scandal in the executive chamber to address problems highlighted in recent corruption cases in the legislature as well.

The recently enacted state budget also marks the end of a commission that was investigating corruption in the legislature.

He added: «It turns out the state legislature does not have any monopoly on crass corruption in New York.»

The New York state legislature ruled in 2011 that officials convicted of public corruption would be stripped of their pensions — but the law wouldn't apply to officials already in office.

Ethics reform also remains unresolved, in a year when both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to prison for corruption, and state and federal prosecutors are looking at Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.

This one was no exception, but it will be viewed more favorably in the future if its modest ethics reforms become a springboard next year for more changes, championed more strongly and steadfastly by Cuomo, and not a reason for the legislature to think it has satisfactorily responded to the corruption that stains this state.

-- CU backed Gustavo Rivera over Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., saying the Bronx lawmaker has «has become a symbol for hubris, corruption and wrongdoing in the state legislature due to ongoing investigations by the attorney general and federal authorities and his leadership in bringing Senate business to a month - long halt last summer.»

[5] In a letter to his supporters, Ball stated that the job of reforming Albany had not been completed, saying, «From property tax reform to corruption in government, the job I set to do in 2006 is still incomplete, and it can only be accomplished by continuing to tackle our nation's most dysfunctional legislature.&raquIn a letter to his supporters, Ball stated that the job of reforming Albany had not been completed, saying, «From property tax reform to corruption in government, the job I set to do in 2006 is still incomplete, and it can only be accomplished by continuing to tackle our nation's most dysfunctional legislature.&raquin government, the job I set to do in 2006 is still incomplete, and it can only be accomplished by continuing to tackle our nation's most dysfunctional legislature.&raquin 2006 is still incomplete, and it can only be accomplished by continuing to tackle our nation's most dysfunctional legislature.»

Governor Cuomo, who described the mood in Albany as «miserable», says if this won't force the legislature to adopt anti corruption measures, he might do his own investigating and use what's called the state's Moreland Act to empower his own probe.

GPNY is calling on the state legislature to act now, but is also calling on voters to make a choice in November between Governor Cuomo's corruption and a Green candidate running on an aggressive ethics reform platform.

It's also worth noting that legendary levels of dubious activity cross partisan lines there: After the Republican Party lost the majority in the state Senate in 2008, Democrats spent the first few months of their abbreviated stint in power basking in new information about how Republicans spent the legislature's money on items like a special van for the man who was then their majority leader, Joe Bruno, who went on to be sentenced to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.

Andrew Cuomo should embrace reform and urge the legislature to jettison the symbol of corruption in Albany, Shelly Silver, and bring democratic reforms back to the State.

Three quarters say the governor hasn't done enough to try to stem corruption in the state, in a year where both leaders of the legislature have been arrested for running fraudulent scams, and the second in command in the Senate is currently on trial, accused of lying to FBI agents.

The second of the New York State legislature's two former leaders has now been convicted on multiple corruption charges, after a jury lost no time in finding former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and son Adam guilty on all eight counts.

Blagojevich, who was removed from office by the state legislature in January 2009, is now facing criminal corruption charges.

«The corruption charges filed over the past several weeks against members of the state legislature and City Council have shaken confidence in the political system,» Peralta added.

Cuomo's reforms come in the wake of corruption charges in the state legislature and his own administration.

--------------------------------------- State lawmakers have been chosen to work on Conference Committees to negotiate the differences in the budgets from both houses of the legislature, Local Assemblyman Pete Lopez said that after former leaders Silver & Skelos were convicted of corruption, that lawmakers would tighten up ethics governing their own behaviors, but they've proposed very little:

Also, ethics reform remains unresolved, in a year when both former leaders of the legislature have been sentenced to prison for corruption, and state and federal prosecutors are looking at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects.

While Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and much of the Albany establishment opposed the measure, many good - government types said a constitutional convention would be the best way to break down institutional corruption in Albany by forcing changes in campaign finance and ethics laws that state legislature would never approve.