Sentences with phrase «ethics bill for»

Cuomo has been negotiating behind closed doors with legislative leaders over an ethics bill for weeks now (much to the chargin of the NY Times editorial page, which called over the weekend for these talks to go public).

Not exact matches

I think the monasticism reference is in regards to the link below the cartoon, in which Bill Hybels iterates a biblical ethic that endorses sex between married men and women, and abstinence for everyone else.

My favorite part though is that whereas Missouri ethics law generally requires «amounts» and «total expenditures» as part of the reporting for such largesse, the sex bill includes the qualification, «The reporting of sexual relations for purposes of this subdivision shall not require a dollar valuation.»

«I'm grateful for the tireless work ethic and contributions George has made to our team over the last three years,» said Texans head coach Bill O'Brien.

Cuomo approved what was widely considered to be the ethics bill of the legislative session, a measure designed to address the Citizens United era of super PAC political spending, as well new requirements for lobbyists and consultants.

Cuomo was applauded by reformers for pushing through an ethics overhaul bill that includes new requirements for lawmakers to disclose their outside sources of income — a major and long - sought goal.

Closed - door negotiations over the ethics reform bill have been dragging on for weeks now, despite the fact that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has said repeatedly that his house has an agreement with the governor.

But he does believe that the additional disclosure requirements, tucked into a bill passed last June, was payback for past critiques by government reform groups on lack of ethics reforms in Albany.

An ethics bill signed this past summer puts ethics investigations for both the legislative and executive branches in the hands of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

For his part, Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans a roll out of ethics reform bills over the next several days.

Hiram Monserrate proves his willingness to take on his colleagues and also praised him for pushing an ethics reform bill, although the measure didn't go nearly as far as the paper (or the governor and most good government groups, for that matter) had hoped.

Interestingly, Paladino is on the same page here with the NY Times editorial board, which also called recently for Cuomo to introduce an omnibus ethics bill sometime during his first week in office.

But with the new ethics bill (apparently about to be signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo) requiring new disclosure of outside income, that's looking like a less attractive option for some senators and assembly members.

With the legislative session down to the wire, groups for and against bills, including expansion of Uber ride services and ethics reform, came to the Capitol to make their voices heard.

The investigation also found that Ponte, in violation of city ethics rules, drove his city - issued car 18,500 miles on trips to and from coastal Maine and billed taxpayers for gas and tolls.

The ethics bill was the latest attempt by Cuomo and legislators to respond to the wave of investigations, arrests and convictions that have tainted state government for nearly a decade, starting with the arrest of former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi in a probe that revealed state pension fund bribes and kickbacks.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

Cuomo called for ethics reforms in his State of the State, but neither chamber has presented matching bills.

Catsimatidis in the radio interview with Talk 1300's Fred Dicker said he had not spoken to Cuomo about the bill and that it was his idea to contact ethics regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to receive approval for the trip.

Coffey has made a point of calling for more stringent ethics reform than his primary opponents, saying the bill sponsored by Schneiderman, passed by both houses of the Legislature and vetoed by Gov. David Paterson doesn't go far enough in its disclosure requirements.

A debate over a massive education, labor and ethics bill lasted for more than six hours in the chamber on Tuesday and Assembly Republicans called a conference on a capital projects spending bill at 10 minutes to midnight.

As for ethics disclosure in the budget, Senate Republicans were poised to make an agreement on a bill that would require revealing outside legal clients, a move already backed by Assembly Democrats.

«They haven't introduced a proposal for ethics reform,» Gianaris said (Republicans have introduced ethics bills, including one seemingly aimed at having the governor's girlfriend, Sandra Lee of the Food Network, release her financial information.

The time has come for the Republican Majority to finally join with the Senate Democrats and pass the ethics bills we have introduced and supported for years,» she said in a statement.

The matter of prioritization for the bill - signing also underscores questions about the bill being necessary in the first place, but also issue that many took with Cuomo's abandonment of other, more pressing government ethics and campaign finance reform proposals, many of which he had previously claimed to champion.

Some say the bill seeks to stifle contributions to issue advocacy groups that campaign for changes to environmental, education, criminal justice, government ethics, and other policies.

Spitzer said he was a «f — ing steamroller» who would roll over Tedisco as he criticized the governor for cutting him out of negotiations on an ethics enforcement bill.

The ethics refresher was ordered as the burgeoning federal probe into police corruption has resulted in the transfers of nine officers, including eight high - level supervisors, many of them stripped of their guns and badges, for their dealings with two wealthy Brooklyn businessmen who are also large donors to Mayor Bill de Blasio and were on his Inauguration Team.

With ethics troubles of his own (he's been accused of taking bribes to pay his legal bills for another alleged scandal), William Boyland Jr. is being forced to fend off a gaggle of challengers, including Roy Antoine, Anthony Herbert, Anthony Jones, David Miller, Nathan Bradley and Christopher Durosinmi.

On Tuesday, the second - term lawmaker also slammed lawmakers in both houses for failing to include pension forfeiture bills in ethics reform packages earlier this year.

you wouldn't get a lot of people to answer yes,» said Bill Samuels, a longtime progressive activist and advocate for ethics reforms.

It was also advertised as a way to end the horse - trading that's been a part of pay raises for decades — in 1987, Mario Cuomo linked a salary increase to ethics reforms, and the 1998 pay hike was accompanied by the creation of the state's first charter schools, a bill pushed by dairy farmers, and an agreement to give the comptroller authority to withhold legislators» paychecks in years when budgets are late.

A state ethics panel fined two fundraisers for Mayor Bill de Blasio's defunct political nonprofit.

Touted as the key ethics measure approved at the end of the legislative session in June, the bill has been opposed by good - government organizations for failing to address the root causes of corruption in state government and placing an overdue burden on non-profit entities.

Calls for ethics legislation — varying measures have been approved virtually every year Cuomo has been governor — come as still more investigations are underway into the state's economic development programs in upstate New York and Mayor Bill de Blasio's political activities in New York City.

With the Memorial Day weekend approaching, Cuomo did not release any new program bills for ethics and campaign finance reform, but did lament while on Long Island the existing loopholes in the law.

«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.

Techincally speaking, Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli, a Syracuse Democrat, is one of Ed Koch's «enemies» of reform, called out by the former NYC mayor during his upstate tour last week for failing to sign the NY Uprising pledges to support budget, ethics and redistricting changes.

If the legislators were serious about reform (which they are not), they could simply pass ethics bills in each house outside the budget process and present it to Cuomo for signature.

BUt when it comes to reforming Albany, the advocates have some powerful partners, not the least of which is the New York Times, which editorialized today that «the need for reform goes far beyond the budget» and urged Cuomo to «immediately — next week — introduce an omnibus ethics reform bill.»

The measure, known as the Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget bill, included a suite of ethics reform legislation that address client disclosure for state lawmakers who are attorneys as well as per diem and campaign finance reform.

Flanagan is getting involved in the race to keep former Sen. Dean Skelos» Long Island seat in Republican hands — blasting the Democratic candidate, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, for his backing of an ethics bill that would boost legislative pay.

Republican Assemblyman Bill Nojay said ethics and education were «mashed together for the oldest political reasons.»

A government ethics reform bill, jointly passed by the state Legislature Monday for a second time, amends the state constitution and allows the state to reduce or revoke the pension of a public officer that has been convicted of a crime related to his or her official duties.

The Senate and Assembly draft their own small - bore ethics bills bound for nowhere, and everyone hopes the issue slides into oblivion.

«What the public is hungry for, post Shelly Silver, is ethics reform — specifically, the pension forfeiture bill that was agreed to last year and promptly reneged on by the Assembly,» said Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for the Democratic governor.

The Campaign for One New York, the nonprofit created by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his policy agenda, has been ordered to hand over documents and correspondence between itself and the mayor to the state's ethics commission, a State Supreme Court judge ruled last week.

After all, it worked for him with the highly imperfect ethics bill he passed in June.

Gov. Cuomo repeated a threat he's made several times in his effort to win approval for a tough ethics reform bill now pending in the Legislature, one that would finally put teeth into enforcement.

«Ironically, some lawmakers have chosen to have taxpayers foot the bill for political campaign - style mailings lauding their support for ethics reform,» Singas wrote.