Sentences with phrase «county ethics office»
Newly elected Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo is proposing the creation of a county ethics office.
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The Erie County Legislature unanimously approved wide - ranging ethics reform legislation yesterday, which has been in the works for more than a year, and is the result of a joint effort between the county executive's office and the Democratic and Republican conferCounty Legislature unanimously approved wide - ranging ethics reform legislation yesterday, which has been in the works for more than a year, and is the result of a joint effort between the county executive's office and the Democratic and Republican confercounty executive's office and the Democratic and Republican conferences.
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.
In an ethics hearing, the GOP Committee found Borelli guilty of two counts of disloyalty for working against Republican Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard and Republican county executive candidate Ed Day; one count of attempted bribery, and one count of attempted office corruption.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino believes state lawmakers should spend less time in Albany and less time in office, period, according to a 10 - point ethics reform plan he rolled out statewide on Monday.
Perry's veto cut $ 7.5 million in funding to the state's ethics watchdog housed in the county district attorney's office.
The ad notes Curran's ethics plan, which calls for an independent office to monitor county contracts and banning county executive appointees from holding leadership positions in political party committees or clubs.
Taking aim at the Governor Andrew Cuomo's demeanor in office and the scandals surrounding many of the incumbent's close associates, Marc Molinaro vowed to restore a sense of ethics and openness as he brought his gubernatorial campaign to the Erie County Republican Committee's downtown Buffalo headquarters Wednesday morning.
Except for the county attorney, the revamped ethics code directs that no member of the five - member board «shall be a public employee in any jurisdiction» or «hold any political party office.»
Westchester County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino believes state lawmakers should spend less time in Albany and less time in office, according to a 10 - point ethics reform plan he rolled out statewide.
«I will implement a forward - looking integrity agenda that will eliminate LDCs, create an office of public integrity to investigate ethics violations, and post all county contracts online for public review.»
Holding public office or employment is a public trust, and as one safeguard of that trust, the people require Erie County's officers and employees to adhere to a code of ethics.
Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki, who once served as the ranking Republican on the State Assembly ethics committee and whose office reviews county contracts, said: «It appears to me that he's taken pains to hide these agreements and to avoid publicly disclosing what every other county official has to - as they should.&County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki, who once served as the ranking Republican on the State Assembly ethics committee and whose office reviews county contracts, said: «It appears to me that he's taken pains to hide these agreements and to avoid publicly disclosing what every other county official has to - as they should.&county contracts, said: «It appears to me that he's taken pains to hide these agreements and to avoid publicly disclosing what every other county official has to - as they should.&county official has to - as they should.»
The office of Inspector General Ellen N. Biben, which wrote the report, is referring the case to the state ethics commission and to the Albany County district attorney.