Sentences with phrase «county ethics law»

Anton Borovina, who served as first counsel to the county Ethics Commission and who helped draft the law, said, «The Suffolk County ethics law applies to him, and the Suffolk County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.»

County ethics law bars county employees from engaging in any activity, «directly or indirectly,» that could pose a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict.

Gross also said the ethics board is in a difficult position as an agency that keeps the financial disclosure records open for public inspection, while the board and its staff are barred by the county ethics law from disclosing confidential information.

Our current county ethics law is actually a good law, but it can be strengthened.

Not exact matches

Officials were uncertain about whether a new Suffolk law requiring the county ethics board to release officials» financial disclosure publicly would apply to John Scott Prudenti, a district attorney bureau chief who rented his partyboat to criminal defense attorneys with cases before the DA's office.

«He is going around the county campaigning to be the county executive by attacking everyone for being engaged in a dirty way of doing business in politics, and in his own office, blatantly, he's violating the ethics law,» Jacobs said.

Onondaga County lawmakers passed an ethics reform law during its meeting Tuesday.

Erie County has their first new ethics law for elected officials in 30 years.

Working with the new majority in the Erie County legislature, I have been able to secure a new ethics law that increases transparency and reinforces public faith in the integrity of elected officials.

Instead, Astorino, the Republican county executive of Westchester took a direct shot at the Legislature, releasing a 10 - point ethics reform package that called for everything from term limits and a less generous state pension system for state lawmakers to an overhaul of the state's Byzantine campaign finance laws.

District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, a member of the county's five - person ethics board, said the new law is necessary to rein in «chronically obtuse» officials who fail to see that outside income poses potential conflicts of interest with their elected positions.

«I'm with the hardworking taxpayers and families of Nassau County who want stronger ethics laws, and to bring real and sweeping change to their government.»

Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw violated the county's ethics laws when he asked county - connected businessmen to cover nearly $ 12,000 in tuition costs so he could attend a Harvard University business program, the county's Board of Ethics has County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw violated the county's ethics laws when he asked county - connected businessmen to cover nearly $ 12,000 in tuition costs so he could attend a Harvard University business program, the county's Board of Ethics has county's ethics laws when he asked county - connected businessmen to cover nearly $ 12,000 in tuition costs so he could attend a Harvard University business program, the county's Board of Ethics has county - connected businessmen to cover nearly $ 12,000 in tuition costs so he could attend a Harvard University business program, the county's Board of Ethics has county's Board of Ethics has found.

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The law was drafted by Legislator Joe Lorigo (C - West Seneca) and is a major step in county ethics reform.

The Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause that a Marshall County commissioner has violated the state's ethics law.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick announces that he has proposed a revision to Erie County's ethics law that would require additional reporting from elected officials, improving transparency.

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Poloncarz is calling on the County Legislature to draft a new law that would update the ethics code.

I was proud this month to vote in favor of a new comprehensive ethics law for Erie County.

Mahoney was soon joined by Dino Dixie, who does business with the county; Duane Owens, the county personnel commissioner who was facilities commissioner at the time; Dennis DuVal, a member of the county ethics board and former Syracuse police chief; and Mike McCarthy, her former brother - in - law.

Nassau has had a similar law since 2007, but officials this year bolstered the powers of the body that reviews potential violations, the county board of ethics.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democratic — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

In Suffolk County, it is a board that reviews financial disclosure forms, renders advisory opinions on the county's ethics law, and conducts hearings as necessary to implement thCounty, it is a board that reviews financial disclosure forms, renders advisory opinions on the county's ethics law, and conducts hearings as necessary to implement thcounty's ethics law, and conducts hearings as necessary to implement the law.

Legal and ethics experts who helped draft the 1988 Suffolk ethics law say this requires Levy to report West's work for county vendors - businesses selected by the county for work paid with tax dollars.

However, legal experts point to an earlier appellate court decision in 2003 on the Suffolk Ethics Commission that found a county can impose more stringent ethics regulations than those required by state law.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, the Erie County Democrat who heads his chamber's economic development committee, said the regional councils have paid out $ 4.6 billion since their creation in 2011 and should at the very least be subject to the same legal, ethics, and disclosure laws as other agencies and bodies.

Mr. Maltz has been certified to teach an ethics CLE course by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board and he lectures often on disciplinary and ethical issues for New York State, City, and County Bar associations and for private law firms.

Invited Law and Ethics Workshop Presenter: Law and ethics CEUs, sponsored by Santa Clara County Psychological Association, CA.