Sentences with phrase «diem expense reforms»

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Cuomo is proposing a five - point plan, including public financing of campaigns, full and complete disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, and reform of the legislative per diem system where the governor says lawmakers come to Albany just to make money through the daily expense payments.

The charges stem from an investigation into Mr. Scarborough's per diem payments — the money Albany lawmakers are paid in expenses for each day they report they are staying in Albany, the subject of much scrutiny in conversations surrounding ethics reforms.

The plan would also reform the per diem expenses paid to members of the legislature for their time spent in Albany.