Sentences with phrase «ethics board investigations»

The state Committee on Open Government has said that while part, or all, of ethics board investigations into complaints can be blacked out or kept confidential, meeting records still must be made public.

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The ad also goes after Paladino on new front by citing recent reports that he resigned from a public board amid an ethics investigation.

The ethics board launched the non-criminal investigation in January of last year, alleging she acted improperly by accepting help from the Advance Group — a lobbying firm which has business dealings with the city.

Bulgaro is not giving any reason for his departure, but he was one of the few commissioners in the ethics board's two - year history to speak out publicly at a meeting last September, when he complained about leaks from the commission to the media on the Silver investigation.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York's secretive ethics board made it clear Monday that members did not vote to block the investigation of a sexual - harassment scandal in the state Assembly.

New York state's ethics board is coming under criticism as it launches an investigation that is believed to focus on a sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly.

A two - month examination of the practices of nearly two dozen Capital Region ethics boards revealed many of the panels meet only «as needed» and do not update their codes or proactively conduct investigations — throwing them into a state of dormancy that can last years.

A unanimous state ethics board appears to launch a full investigation into the Assembly's sexual harassment scandal.

A unanimous state ethics board vote appears to launch a full investigation into the Assembly's sexual harassment scandal.

Governor Cuomo is now calling for an independent investigation by the state's ethics board, and one of the legislators named in the scandals, Assemblyman Vito Lopez, has decided not to seek re election as Brooklyn Democratic Party leader.

The law also has provisions pertaining to business relationships between lobbyists and lawmakers, changes rules about who can launch an ethics investigation and how, and requires the state Board of Elections to clarify requirements for independent campaign spending, the Associated Press reports, via the Wall Street Journal.

Nationally known lawyer Gloria Allred sharply disagrees with the Speaker's assertion that the case was not referred to the Assembly ethics board because the victims did not want an investigation.

In a June 26, 2013, letter to the Town Board, the Ethics Board concluded a nearly five - month investigation by finding that councilman Bill McKenna and councilwoman Cathy Magarelli had violated the local ethics law by appearing at an August 30, 2012, meeting of the Planning Board involving the proposed expansion of Cucina restaurant.

In interviews before and after the Town Board meeting, members of the Ethics Board explained their investigation of the complaint involving McKenna and Magarelli and discussed their work on other matters, including the amendments to the ethics law that are currently under consideration.

Bulgaro is not giving any reason for his departure, but he was one of the few commissioners in the ethics board two year history to speak out publicly at a meeting last September, when he complained about leaks from the commission to the media on the Silver investigation.