Sentences with phrase «culture of corruption»
The Democratic culture of corruption it very good at protecting their own I guess.
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One way of doing that, he said, is ending the state government culture of corruption.
«And maybe that will change culture of corruption in Albany.»
He stressed that this case never would have come to light if not for the courage of Lightfoot to come forward about it and that the high ranking officers involved spoke to a strong and deplorable culture of corruption at Rikers Island.
US Attorney Bharara also challenged other New York politicians to «step up to the plate» to fight what he says is the pervasive culture of corruption rife with «dirty politicians».
Russia has unfavorable economic factors - the lack of inter-country navigation combined with out of date technological base combined with entrenched culture of corruption means far more relative expenses and greater friction in economic activity and far lower average standards of living (not exactly helped by 70 years of Socialism; but Russia was economically screwed over by the Czars for centuries before that; and by post-Soviet governments after that too).
as a creature of New York City's elite culture of corruption.
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.
«The defeat of the Constitutional Convention is a triumph for all of the enemies of reform in Albany: Andrew Cuomo, the political bosses in the State Legislature, and the lobbyists and special interests who thrive in New York's pay for play culture of corruption,» said Bill Samuels, the Democratic activist who had supported the referendum, with the hope of ushering in campaign finance and ethics reforms.
«Tonight's the first step in cleaning up the Republican culture of corruption and bringing real reform that saves Nassau tax dollars,» said Schnirman in an election night celebration in Freeport.
Today we want your take on the so - called culture of corruption that seems to pervade many areas of public service and elected office.
«Citizens Union applauds Attorney General Schneiderman for his aggressive and full - throated proposals to end the corrosive culture of corruption in Albany that has put too many elected officials behind bars and taints the many good lawmakers who serve well the public interest,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, which hosted tonight's public forum on ethics.
The governor has made clear that he's willing to take the first step in ending Albany's culture of corruption right now.»
Federal criminal case No. 18 0087 filed Thursday against Rob Walker is just the latest entry in Long Island's culture of corruption sweepstakes.
«It is absolutely needed to sort of scrub down the Democratic culture of corruption up here,» the Republican gubernatorial candidate said of the plan in a news conference outside the state Capitol.
Bharara said Silver's alleged actions were indicative of a larger culture of corruption in Albany, where Silver has served since winning election in 1974.
«Much of the coverage in the press suggests that there is a significant culture of corruption in Europe's institutions.
Politico New York's Bill Hammond writes that Cuomo is making excuses about not doing anything to stop Albany's ongoing culture of corruption, and argues that there are many glaring weaknesses left in New York's anti-corruption laws.
The plan was for Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle to serve as interim speaker while a field of candidates debated their ideas for reforming Albany's culture of corruption before a Feb. 10 election.
CLEANING UP ALBANY»S CULTURE OF CORRUPTION Shelley has never been afraid to stand up to corruption, even if it meant taking on members of her own party.
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Cuomo's decision to empanel the 25 - member group followed a year of indictments illustrative of Albany's infamous culture of corruption, during which public officials were found to have attempted bribery and fraud in exchange for career advancements or varying sums of money.
Over the last week, all three men have been ensnared in separate, wide - ranging corruption scandals the U.S. Attorney's office says typify a mercenary culture of corruption in Albany.
We can end this pervasive culture of corruption.
Curran repeatedly decried the «culture of corruption in Nassau» and labeled long - standing practices of giving jobs to the politically connected and contracts to campaign contributors as the «corruption tax.»
Advocates say a con - con would provide a fertile opportunity to overhaul the entire political system, including curbing the state's entrenched culture of corruption.
«Population decline (upstate), economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & your closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge this self aggrandizement,» he wrote.
«The defeat of the Constitutional Convention is a triumph for all of the enemies of reform in Albany: Andrew Cuomo, the political bosses in the State Legislature and the lobbyists and special interests who thrive in New York's pay for play culture of corruption,» said Bill Samuels, founder of NY People's Convention, which supported the referendum.
The inquiry was welcomed by Jeff Morris, a financial planner who in 2013 exposed a culture of corruption and coverup in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation's largest bank, that targeted vulnerable customers.
«The culture of corruption has given us the highest taxes in the nation and has bred silence from too many lawmakers afraid to rock the status quo.
«Obviously, Bill Owens remains oblivious to the fact that the voters of the 23rd Congressional District, the state and the nation are sick and tired of the culture of corruption that pervades Albany and Washington,» Hoffman said.
The GOP has held the county executive's seat since 1992, and Frankel claims that's created to a culture of corruption.
«Albany Democrats are so ensconced in a culture of corruption of their own making that they simply can no longer govern.
Obviously, with the Skelos verdict coming earlier in the day on Friday, and people lamenting the lack of transparency in Albany as part of a «culture of corruption,» the timing of the vetoes could not have been worse.
Republican Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro formally kicked off his campaign for governor this morning vowing to end a culture of corruption that has plagued Albany and asking New Yorkers to «believe again.»
«Nixon's challenge will finally force the national media to report on the culture of corruption and sheer incompetence which pervades the Cuomo administration,» Molinaro continued.
«It's cleaning up the culture of corruption.
«What we know for certain is he created these elaborate economic development schemes to take in millions of pay - to - play campaign donations by creating a culture of corruption that allowed his closest aide to line to his own pockets the way the Governor was lining his campaign coffers.
But let's discuss the culture of corruption that's blossomed under the Gov. Cuomo in Albany.
The very day after Silver was arrested, Bharara gave a talk at New York Law School where he urged people to focus their outrage and join him in taking on the culture of corruption in Albany.
«This convention is perpetuating that culture of corruption by the people they're selecting,» said Cox.
Killian and her allies have portrayed Mayer as a creature of Albany's culture of corruption, noting that prior to serving in the Assembly, she was counsel to the Senate Democrats during their scandal - plagued tenure in charge of the Senate in 2009 and 2010.
She said it so often in assailing long - standing county patronage practices — calling them symptomatic of a «culture of corruption» — that she set an unusually high bar for her administration.
«Make sure that some of these people don't come back next January, and maybe that will change the culture of corruption.»
Commentary by John Kaehny and Andrew Rasiej, Like other New Yorkers, we are dismayed by the culture of corruption in state government.
«The culture of corruption that has clearly existed now in this county and in law enforcement for decades has continued unabated and has only worsened.»