Sentences with phrase «ethics agency»

In 2010, then - governor David Paterson was fined by a state ethics agency for soliciting tickets to the World Series and paying for them only after journalists inquired.

The state's chief ethics agency, JCOPE, has reportedly commenced an initial inquiry into complaints surrounding the office of Sen. Marc Panepinto, a Buffalo Democrat who earlier this week made a surprise announcement that he would not seek a second term in Albany.

JCOPE, another Albany ethics agency created by Cuomo and the Legislature, has been headed by someone from the Cuomo camp since its inception.

«Here's a body that's put into place to investigate corruption or serve as the underlying ethics agency in New York state and it's not fully in step with other measures like FOIL.

She filed a complaint with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and a state ethics agency more than a year ago.

ALBANY — A state ethics agency with ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appears to be the likely choice to look into an allegation that Sen. Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat who heads an eight - member breakaway group of Senate Democrats, forcibly kissed a Senate staff member outside a bar more than two years ago.

In 2011, Cuomo created the first ethics agency that oversees both the Legislature and the executive branch but is not controlled by either.

* The state's primary ethics agency reportedly launched an initial inquiry into complaints surrounding Panepinto's office.

The Buffalo News reports that JCOPE has opened an initial inquiry into «various undisclosed complaints» involving the senator, who insisted there is not yet a formal investigation because he hasn't recede a 15 - day notice letter from the government ethics agency.

He responded to Azzopardi's claims by noting that an omnibus ethics agency created by Cuomo is itself not subject to FOIL, and has been likened to a «black box» by advocates.

The state ethics agency Wednesday slapped $ 270,000 in fines on two firms that figured prominently in the corruption trials of disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Dadey says the former ethics agency contained a fatal flaw.

The state's top ethics agency is seeking to require consultants and public relations professionals who are paid to influence the passage of legislation to disclose information about how much they're being paid and what bills they're attempting to pass or defeat.

Meanwhile, the state's chief ethics agency has commenced an inquiry into complaints surrounding the office of Sen. Marc Panepinto, a Buffalo Democrat who on Tuesday made a surprise announcement that he would not seek a second term in Albany, reported The Buffalo News» Tom Precious on Wednesday.

The woman, whom The Buffalo News has agreed not to identify, said she is angry that Hoyt left his post as regional president of Empire State Development Corp. with accolades from high state officials after she lodged complaints more than a year ago with a state ethics agency and the office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

That helps reveal, Orzechowski said, how many reforms are tangled in a morass of Albany power players» political self - interest, leading to unlikely bureaucratic arrangements, such as an ethics agency that is not subject to transparency laws.

New York City's ethics agency, the Conflict of Interest Board, had issued an opinion that donors to the Campaign for One New York must not have business «pending or about to be pending» before City Hall.

Donald Trump is crediting New York's never - ending corruption scandals for prodding the state's ethics agency to investigate his complaint that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hit up Trump's relatives and associates for campaign contributions while investigating his business school.

A spokesman for the ethics agency declined to comment when asked if officials plan to investigate the Klein situation.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declined to defend the ethics agency, since the opinion was adopted without the unanimous support of commissioners.

Groups hiring lobbyists must file semi-annual reports with a state ethics agency.