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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.
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«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.
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.
First in his original budget, and then in the 30 - day amendments released last Friday, Cuomo placed controversial ethics and education reforms in appropriations bills, over which the Legislature is afforded very little power under the state Constitution.
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.
Last night, NY1 reported that an ethics panel advised Mayor Bill de Blasio not to solicit donations to his political nonprofit group from anyone with matters pending before the city.
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.
«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.
Cuomo campaigned last year on a promise to limit Albany's «pay to play» culture, part of which is addressed in an ethics bill he and the Legislature approved this year.
However, critics are calling the Republican - sponsored ethics reform bill that narrowly passed the House last week a «sham,» a «snow job,» and «worse than window dressing.»
Last week, Governor Cuomo announced that he and his senior staff would tour the state in order to speak directly to the people of New York about, among other issues, creating a property tax cap, cleaning up Albany by passing ethics reform and passing a marriage equality bill.
Legislation enabling ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City will be included in the budget's Article VII bills, as will the government ethics proposals Cuomo announced last week and language to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18.
Plus, Yoder is embroiled in an ethics complaint from last year alleging that he received campaign contributions from payday lenders while also backing a bill that would deregulate the industry.
East Hampton Town Ethics Committee East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson announced last Thursday night that the town ethics board had found no wrongdoing after being asked to look into whether Len Bernard, the budget officer, had acted improperly in corresponding from his town office with the state comptroller and a member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November election.