Sentences with phrase «corruption scandals»

Newsday's editorial board writes that it is time for the Nassau County to change its contracting procedures after a series of corruption scandals.

Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello leveled extraordinary criticism at GOP officials who are embroiled in public corruption scandals, saying he was «angry as hell,» and would do everything he can to «get them out of the party» if they are convicted.

House Republicans, with no warning and overriding their top leaders, voted yesterday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office set up in 2008 in the aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of Congress to jail.

The NPP intends using portions of the «Blue Book» and one other dubbed the «Greed Book» as its campaign manuals for the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections campaign by tagging the Mahama administration as saddled with corruption scandals.

Ken Lovett: «As state lawmakers return to Albany this week, the stench of corruption scandals that hung over the Capitol in 2015 is not expected to dissipate any time soon.»

Among his clients: Glenwood Management, the luxury real estate development firm that has played a role in the corruption scandals of both Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Still, as Albany turns to policy in the remaining few session days left, what can actually get done after both legislative leaders were forced to step down following arrests in separate corruption scandals remains a question hanging over lawmakers as well as Cuomo.

The public financing component, a debate that was already due to heat up in the post-budget legislative session, is expected to be a flashpoint of discussion this spring at a Capitol rocked by back - to - back corruption scandals.

Still, Flanagan said corruption scandals can paint the Legislature with a broad, if not unfair, brush.

With the role played by developer Glenwood Management in the federal corruption scandals of both ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, advocates are hoping some rent law reforms could be had.

Advocates cite the good polling on public financing, their grassroots support and, of course, the parade of corruption scandals that have hit state government in the last two months.

Despite appearing jointly together, both Skelos and Silver are far apart on whether to allow public financing of campaigns to move forward, a coming flashpoint in the effort to overhaul campaign finance and ethics laws in the wake of two corruption scandals.

Word of the potential agreements come as the Cuomo administration is dealing with poor approval numbers as well as a Capitol rocked by twin corruption scandals that have engulfed both legislative leaders.

After a string of corruption scandals hit the Legislature, Cuomo impaneled the commission to investigate the Legislature when lawmakers failed to reach an agreement with him on new ethics laws.

Cuomo and his allies have reiterated several times, including last year, that a pay raise is only possible if the Legislature remains in line — no corruption scandals, ensure the functioning of government, etc..

Flanked by Democratic lawmakers and good - government advocates, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver unveiled his latest proposal to publicly finance campaigns this afternoon, a move that he said was unrelated to the string of corruption scandals that have hit both chambers.

And then there is this, after seven years of elections and corruption scandals that remade the leadership of both chambers: The Legislature is a different place than when Cuomo was first elected.

A string of corruption scandals trails just one step behind the governor, which could crop up to complicate any presidential bid.

Despite the 62 % acceptance rating, the government has had its share of controversies, with several of them being alleged corruption scandals.

The fundraisers continue in Albany, even as legislators there have been ensnared in corruption scandals involving the misuse of money.

CDC was affected also by Corruption scandals.

He dismissed Cuomo's earlier assertion that the corruption scandals and legislative turmoil might have rendered Albany so unstable that lawmakers lacked the appetite to undertake serious reforms to rent regulations and 421 - a.

Tilzer ties Governor Andrew Cuomo, Glenwood Management and other big real estate developers to the explosive Silver and Skelos corruption scandals: The City's Real Estate Robber Barons Stole the People's Democracy..

He mentioned among other things the number of corruption scandals that have been recorded under the Mahama regime, and the failure to prosecute officials involved.

Mayor de Blasio says the on - going corruption scandals are «no excuse for inaction,» but he still holds out hope that things could change.

Consider the fact that Feldman, a Democrat, referred to two Republican ex-senators felled by corruption scandals — Vincent Leibell and Guy Velella — «pretty likable» and «very well liked,» respectively, and you get the feeling of just how low Kruger is on the Albany popularity pole.

The government of which you were the chief strategist churned out one corruption scandals after the other, week - in - week out.

The recent corruption scandals, though not involving Mr. Cuomo's administration, have threatened to damage his standing.

Other Senators complained of unfinished business, including helping the beleaguered MTA mass transit system, and enacting reforms after a series of corruption scandals.

Moreland Commission Co-Chair Kathleen Rice has stated that the commission is committed to investigating loose campaign finance laws and their relationship with the epidemic of corruption scandals that rocked Albany earlier this year.

The second half of New York's legislative session begins today and it's likely to be dominated by the response to on going bribery and corruption scandals that came to light while lawmakers were on spring break.

Mr. Cuomo, who dubbed the package of laws the «Clean Up Albany Act of 2011,» hailed it as a groundbreaking step for a statehouse brought low by corruption scandals in recent years.

Asked whether unified Democratic governance in the state capital would be a net benefit, Cuomo answered in the negative, recalling the period between 2008 and 2010 when his party held the Assembly, State Senate and governor's mansion — a period characterized by infighting, backbiting, chaos and corruption scandals.

«Considering all the corruption scandals going on in the New York State Assembly, having someone like Tony Palumbo up there sends a very strong message.

As the latest wave of corruption scandals breaks over the Legislature, some minority lawmakers are taking note of the complexion of those involved.

But, so far, there's been little focus on responding to corruption scandals that led to two legislative leaders facing long prison terms.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has advised the Federal Government to disabuse the minds of Nigerians that its crusade against corruption is not selective by re-opening the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals.

ALBANY — It has been nearly two decades since New York State lawmakers have had an increase in pay, a period that has seen two recessions, three presidents and more corruption scandals than most people can count.

The lack of a cap on income earned outside the Legislature has contributed to several corruption scandals, including one that ensnared the former State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat who was convicted on corruption charges last November.

After the string of public corruption scandals that we have brought to light, many may rightly resign themselves to the sad truth that perhaps the most powerful special interest in politics is self - interest.

A string of corruption scandals had kept the McGreevey administration popping.

At the State Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put forward plans to react to the latest twin corruption scandals involving bribery charges against a State Senator and Assemblyman.

So much for the idea that Police Commissioner Bill Bratton would take a «zero tolerance» approach to the NYPD corruption scandals.

Koch was rightly voted out of office due to massive corruption scandals on his watch, which he facilitated through his deals with his policy of «looking the other way» while his administration cut deals with dirty county leaders.

Today is the final day of the legislative session in Albany, and state lawmakers in both chambers have been under pressure to pass some version of ethics or anti-corruption reform measures in the wake of corruption scandals that have engulfed both chambers.

(ZURICH — World soccer boss Sepp Blatter was expected to be re-elected on Friday, defying growing calls for him to step down in the face of corruption scandals engulfing the sport's governing body.

But the per diem system has come under scrutiny after lawmakers linked to corruption scandals — including cases involving Assemblyman William Scarborough and former Assemblyman William Boyland.

Jon Campbell from Gannett News, Rick Karlin from the Albany Times Union, Karen DeWitt of NYS Public Radio and Nick Reisman discuss the ethics proposals being floated in the wake of two corruption scandals.

Though he pledged when he first ran for governor in 2010 to clean up Albany, the pace of legislative corruption scandals has not slowed on Cuomo's watch.