Sentences with phrase «ethics charges for»

McCain was one of the «Keating Five,» congressmen investigated on ethics charges for strenuously helping convicted racketeer Charles Keating after he gave them large campaign contributions and vacation trips.

Sleight was formerly executive director of the integrity commission's predecessor, the state Ethics Commission, when his administration pushed for the 2005 law change that allows a state employee to face ethics charges for up to a year after they leave state service.

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The department is often tasked, for example, with making sure every employee gets a copy of the company Code of Ethics, with taking charge of ethics training, and with updating the company's Conflict of Interest policy.

By today's standards the «Founding Fathers» of this great nation would have been charged for the genocide of over 25 million people from two distinct ethic groups....

He agreed to pay a $ 300,000 fine for misleading the committee during the investigation, and in the process dodged conviction on the actual charges through a combination of finessing some legal definitions, sheer self - confidence and raw political power (as Speaker of the House at the time of the complaints, he appointed the ethics committee.

Women who advocated nonviolence as the superior social ethic for dealing with conflict felt the need to defend themselves against the charge of antifeminism by the militants.

Everton were charged for «aggressions by supporters against players» and the UEFA control, ethics and disciplinary body on Wednesday announced the club have been fined 30,000 euros.

The governor, in a statement, acknowledged that the charges hit close to home — his father once referred to Percoco as a «third son» — and showed the need for more work on ethics in Albany.

Under a newly passed ethics reform law — which Ambrosino, King Sweeney and Blakeman voted against — Ambrosino would be barred from working for the town or running for re-election if he is convicted of the felony charges.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said one of the reasons he is actively campaigning for Democrats to take over the New York State Senate is that he believes he will have more success getting ethics changes done without the GOP in charge.

The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin denies the charges and has asked for a criminal investigation of the ethics committee itself.

Second Lady of Ghana, Mrs. Matilda Amissah - Arthur, has charged all women particularly mothers to instil in their children and dependents strong regard for ethics and morality to help drive the country towards greater heights and prosperity.

In the past week, three agencies announced they were investigating Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera for putting her lovers on the public payroll, and a state ethics panel charged Assemblyman Vito Lopez with sexually harassing female aides.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says in a legislative session in which the leaders of the state Assembly and Senate are both indicted on corruption charges, the need for ethics reform in Albany is shockingly clear.

The state GOP last week filed a complaint with ethics regulators over Percoco's appearances in the governor's office in 2014 when he was in charge of Cuomo's re-election campaign and not working for the state.

Here's the supporting documentation Rep. Charlie Rangel's team is preparing in hopes of convincing his House colleagues to reduce his punishment for being found guilty on 11 ethics charges from censure, as was recommended by a 10 - person bipartisan committee, to reprimand.

The embattled congressman talked about how difficult it is for him to keep mum on the details of pretty much anything, but said he has been instructed by his attorneys not to discuss the ethics charges against him until they are made public next week.

A House investigative committee is charging Rangel with ethics violations, stemming from a nearly two - year investigation into his finances, his failure to report rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his use of multiple rent - stabilized apartments, and his efforts to fundraise for a City College center named after him.

«With 13 ethics charges and federal charges likely, it's time for Charlie Rangel to end his political career and for Andrew Cuomo to be defeated in November.»

Today, the ethics panel charged her with breaking House rules by using her position to get federal bailout money for a bank with ties to her husband.

Rangel, who will now embark on a 21st term, had counted on the loyalty of the Harlem community as he faces a public trial for allegedly failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic, keeping multiple rent - stabilized apartments and conducting improper fundraising, among other House ethics charges.

Separately on Friday, Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., a former executive, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of defrauding the company where he worked by misrepresenting that Cuomo's former top aide, Joseph Percoco, had obtained state ethics approval for his wife to work at the firm.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing his latest plan for ethics reform in appearances all around the state, following the arrest of the former Assembly speaker on corruption charges.

In the wake of the arrest of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges, many legislators and the governor have floated proposals for ethics reform.

She was found guilty on ethics charges by a group of 10 republicans and four democrats, she fleeced the tax payer for per diem while working from home.

Stevens conviction (and, REPO's, acknowledge that for what it is - a conviction on ethics charges), along with the McCain / Palin trainwreck, is great news!

In part, the commission's case remains intact due to a change in state law six years ago that allows ethics charges against state employees for up to a year after they leave their government job.

Hours after Gov. David Paterson surprised reporters by making some fairly harsh comments about his longtime friend and fellow Harlemite, Rep. Charles Rangel, deserving a «severe reprimand» for the 11 ethics charges on which he has been found guilty, the governor experienced a dramatic change of heart.

Gov. David Paterson today said he expects a «severe» reprimand for his longtime friend and defender, Rep. Charlie Rangel, now the embattled Harlem Democrat has been found guilty on 11 of 13 ethics charges.

Paterson, who was at one time floated as a potential candidate for Rangel's seat, is now returning the favor, saying in the wake of Obama's comments about Rangel last week that the congressman deserves a chance to defend himself against the 13 ethics charges he now faces.

As far back as a student leader in my school days, I was once arrested and charged for inciting students, and here we are, an officer of the law is defiling his code of ethics and Ghana is expected to believe there is nothing wrong with what this gentleman has begun, which is a time - bomb; I WILL PETITION THE IGP, IF NOTHING IS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS on this gentleman.

The head of Gov. David Paterson's security detail, Maj. Charles Day, has not only been transferred in the wake of the Kaye report, but also faces potential charges for violating state ethics laws.

Not discussed in the meeting was any potential for a new ethics package following the arrest of Skelos on charges that he used his official power to help his adult son's business interests.

Maffei has refused to join his upstate House colleague, Rep. Mike Arcuri, in calling for Rangel to resign rather than go forward with his fight of the 13 ethics charges he faces.

Corruption charges brought against a member of the state Senate Republican majority Wednesday have provided an opportunity for Democrats to jumpstart the seemingly dormant conversation on government ethics as state budget negotiations enter their final week.

Can't wait to hear these sanctumonious republicans raising hell about Spitzer when they jumped for joy about Sanford and you can hear a pin drop because no republicans have said a thing about Gov.McDonnell on ethics charges either... Choir boys I don't think so..

But it all came back to me in Harlem where New York Rep. Charlie Rangel was asking voters to send him on to compete for a 21st term in the Congress as a Democrat even though he was facing 13 ethics charges back in Washington.

Dozens of New York politicians have faced legal or ethics charges since 2000, including John Sampson, who replaced Smith as the Senate's Democratic leader and who is currently on trial in Brooklyn federal court for alleged obstruction of justice.

Over the course of three days, an Assemblyman has been censured by the chamber's ethics committee for sexual harassment, and a State Senator has been arrested on corruption charges.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing his latest plan for ethics reform in appearances all around the state, following the arrest of the former Assembly Speaker on corruption charges.

The program for the party, to be held in the Plaza's grand ballroom, was released a day after Rangel gave an emotional and sometimes rambling speech on the House floor challenging his colleagues to try him without delay on the ethics charges.

Governor Cuomo is once again crusading for stronger ethics laws, now that the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, charged with running a massive corruption scheme, has resigned from his post and been replaced.

A government reform group is calling for a state ethics panel report to be made public, one day after the panel investigating charges against Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D - Brooklyn) sent a report to the legislative ethics committee.

Here's a recording of Gov. David Paterson's interview with 98.7 KISS FM yesterday morning, during which he defended Rep. Charlie Rangel from fellow Democrats — including President Obama — who have suggested the time has come for the embattled congressman to stop fighting the ethics charges he faces and go away quietly.

Interference from the governor's office has been the subject of an inquiry by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, related to the governor's decision to close down an ethics panel called the Moreland Commission charged with investigating public corruption.

Kauffmann's resignation comes a day after New York's Commission on Public Integrity charged Paterson with an ethics violation for accepting free tickets to the first game of last year's World Series.

Both candidates made ethics a centerpiece of their campaigns after the departing County Executive, Edward Mangano, came under federal investigation for bribery charges.

Mr. Rangel, who has been in office almost 40 years, is preparing for a House hearing on 13 ethics charges, including improper fund - raising and hoarding rent - stabilized apartments.