Sentences with phrase «disclosure for elected officials»

When it came to addressing political corruption, Cuomo introduced a widespread proposal that included limiting outside income for politicians and creating a full - time legislature; term limits for elected officials; an independent advisory opinion before earning outside income; closing the LLC loophole; more financial disclosure for elected officials; reforms to FOIL for the legislature; and procurement reforms.

«We have more transparency and more disclosure for elected officials in the state of New York than any other state in the country.»

Not exact matches

«Prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters,» he wrote.

Corporate political activity accounts for 26 percent of all ESG resolutions, with slightly more than half of them focusing on pressuring companies to increase disclosure of how companies lobby elected officials and regulators and insight into the reasons behind the lobbying.

Lorigo said the most immediate impact will come as a result of new transparency rules for elected officials regarding disclosure of family members working in government.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

He ticked them off, item by item: «Four, close the LLC loophole, which is a pure loophole in the campaign finance law; five, more disclosure for local elected officials; six, institute public financing and additional campaign finance reforms...»

State Senator Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat, said today he will push legislation that would require disclosure for all political consulting firms that have «substantial contact» with both elected officials and other clients.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton blamed the media for the NYPD's crackdown on disclosure of officers» disciplinary records last week — but elected officials and advocates say it is the mayor and the commissioner who are flouting state law.

On the subject of exemptions from disclosures, the bill creates a windfall for elected officials by allowing them to choose which enforcer they believe would be the most favorable: JCOPE or the Office of Court Administration.

The Legislature in 2011 adopted an ethics overhaul measure that required greater disclosure of sources of outside income for state elected officials, as well as the creation of the latest lobbying regulator, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

«Campaign finance disclosure ensures New Yorkers have confidence that their elected officials are serving them honestly and with transparency, said Risa Sugarman, Chief Enforcement Counsel for the New York State Board of Elections.

JCOPE adopted a pair of controversial advisory opinions intended to tighten fund - raising restrictions for New York's highest - ranking elected officials, and widening disclosure requirements for public - relations consultants, including for activities like soliciting editorials from news organizations.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

And he wants more financial disclosure requirements for local elected officials, a campaign public financing program, and legislation to subject the Legislature to the state's freedom of information laws.

The revelations about lawmakers» wealth are available, only for the first time recently, thanks to new ethics disclosures from Gov Andrew Cuomo that required all elected officials to report details regarding their outside incomes.

This year's budget increased the disclosure requirements for legislators to reveal information about their clients, but elected officials can still avoid disclosing client names in certain circumstances.

After two months of debate over new requirements governing elected officials» disclosure of their outside income, the budget bill introduced today will require lawmakers serving in occupations such as law or consulting to identify some of their clients, but only those whom they take on new business for after Dec. 31, 2015.

Santino included an amendment Tuesday, which also passed by a 4 - 3 vote to allow elected officials who exceeded the income cap to file for an exception from the town's ethics board, by giving a full disclosure of all their clients.

The amendments now ensure that every elected official will fill out the ethics disclosure form for any year, or part of year, they spent in office, regardless if they still hold office at the time the form is due to be submitted.

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson on Tuesday vetoed the Legislature's attempt to create new ethics panels to monitor elected officials and to require greater financial disclosure by lawmakers, halting for now an overhaul of the rules meant to curb political corruption.

Capel's statement ends by saying the report ignores Cuomo's achievements in pushing for greater disclosure of financial activities by elected officials as well as «independent expenditure» and nonprofit organizations, the establishment of web portals allowing greater online access to public documents, and the more recent formation of a Moreland Commission panel to examine public corruption.

The annual disclosure forms legislators are required to submit to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics only asks the elected officials to provide income ranges, not specific dollar amounts, for their outside income as well as the value of stock and property owned by them or their spouse.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

See, elected officials and candidates for elected offices need to submit a public financial disclosure report to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, which is an office I'm sure that most of us just learned exists (do you think they've heard about this whole Citizens United thing?).