Sentences with phrase «diem reimbursements»

Sen. Malcolm Smith, Sen. John Sampson and now former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson — all put in for per diem reimbursements while fighting corruption charges — even on days the Legislature wasn't in session.

Astorino's plan calls for the replacement of automatic per - diem reimbursements with a simple reimbursement system based on the submission — under penalty of perjury — of expense receipts for travel, lodging and food.

This includes the creation of the Assembly Office of Ethics and Compliance, enactment of more stringent disclosure requirements, enhancements to the per diem reimbursement policy, new limitations on the use of campaign funds, and access to greater resources for the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's website posted per diem reimbursement data of the state Legislature dating back to 2013 and plans to do update the information quarterly.

The federal indictment charged Scarborough with submitting 174 false vouchers for per diem reimbursements between January 2009 and December 2012.

While the February stretches for which Assemblywoman Hooper sought per - diem reimbursement included a weekend when she was attending a conference of black and Hispanic lawmakers, many of her weekend charges occurred during the Legislature's off - season.

Mr. Heastie, in what a press release said were «first steps» to larger reforms, also promised to create an Office of Ethics and Compliance and to reform the Assmebly's use of per diem reimbursements, which are meant to cover travel costs.

Data compiled by the comptroller's office found the 150 - member Assembly received $ 799,743 in per diem reimbursements.

Some state lawmakers are using per diem reimbursements to pay off the mortgages on their Albany - area homes.

That means greater disclosure of business and law clients from legislators» side jobs, a ban on the personal use of campaign funds, greater safeguards for per diem reimbursement, pension forfeiture for lawmakers convicted of public corruption and greater disclosure by independent expenditure campaign accounts.

Members of both houses earn a salary of $ 79,500 annually, plus per diem reimbursements to compensate for travel and lodging expenses.

He missed more votes than the average Assembly member while claiming more in per diem reimbursements than most.

Scarborough, a Queens Democrat, said the F.B.I. asked questions about the per diem reimbursements that legislators collect for each day they spend in the Capitol.

Heastie is also one of the top three collectors of per diem reimbursements, which legislators receive whenever they spend the day in Albany.

Mr. Wright earns a $ 79,500 base salary, plus per diem reimbursements, for the six months out of the year that he commutes to Albany for the legislative session.

The Democratic governor is pushing a five - point ethics plan that would require corrupt lawmakers to forfeit their public pensions, force lawyer - legislators to name their outside clients and require more documentation for per diem reimbursements.

■ New York needs an ethics makeover, meaning real disclosure of outside income for lawmakers and an accounting of every dollar of expenses that count toward their per diem reimbursements.

He wants a public matching system for small campaign contributions, a full - time legislature with a ban on outside income, elimination of per diem reimbursements, drastically reduced campaign contribution limits, and the AG's office empowered to investigate the legislature.

Addressing the federal allegations, Scarborough denied that he fraudulently collected per diem reimbursements, and said he paid for some expenses for which he wasn't reimbursed, suggesting the government and his campaign might owe him money.

Identified over 4 million dollars in overpayments from concept specific criteria / guidelines including, but not limited to maternity stays, contract carve - out for high cost drug reimbursement, contract carve - out allowed per diem reimbursement.