Sentences with phrase «ethics bill which»

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.

The Senate Democrats are again trying to use a 2009 chamber rule change to their advantage in hopes of forcing a public hearing on their reform agenda, which is contained in five ethics and campaign finance - related bills.

Silver reiterated that the Assembly and the governor are in «virtual agreement» on an ethics reform bill and he's still holding out hope on a three - way agreement in which the Senate would participate.

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).

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.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his 30 - day budget amendments, which jammed the Legislature by stuffing ever more policy (particularly ethics reforms) into appropriations bills, on Feb. 21 — almost two weeks ago.

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.

Cuomo, whose staff has been holding secret talks with aides to legislative leaders on the proposal, will turn up the heat by introducing his own ethics bill in the Legislature, which would force lawmakers to say if they support it or not.

All of the proposals on Mr. Cuomo's ethics wish list must be approved by the Legislature, which has declined to pass similar bills in the past.

As Cuomo negotiated the ethics bill — which delegates no authority to the attorney general — Schneiderman in late May reached an agreement with Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

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.»

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.

Cuomo called the ethics reform bill he signed this week, which has been criticized by good government groups, a «good first step,» acknowledging more must be done to address Albany's corruption problem.

and he says it provided the «stimulus» to pass a new ethics bill, which Cuomo called «historic reform.»

«The interesting part was the second item, which said the reason the ethics bill is not happening is because Senator [Michael] Nozzolio has a law firm and doesn't want to reveal his clients.

Still, Mr. Cuomo did credit the Assembly with at least introducing a bill; the Senate, which Republicans lead, has offered only two ethics - related ideas, including pension forfeiture for convicted lawmakers, which the Assembly has also indicated it will address.

The legislature had changed the ethics rules to allow members to vote on bills on which they could benefit if they disclosed their interest and if the bill affected a «class» e.g. a group of people rather than the legislator alone.