Sentences with phrase «ethics commission found»

As Alan Hevesi ran for re-election in 2006, the state ethics commission found he had violated the law by using a staffer as a driver for his seriously ill wife for three years and not paying for it until after his Republican opponent raised the issue.

A spokesman for Silver released a statement pointing out that the ethics commission found that all of the Assembly's actions were «lawful», and says they operated under a «good faith belief» that they were acting in the interests of the victims.

Not exact matches

An opinion from the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found Lee would not have to reimburse the state for rides on state aircraft as long as it is being used for state business.

interested enough in finding out what the Commission had discovered that he has launched an inquiry, in part, to get to the bottom of whether «investigations potentially significant to the public interest have been bargained away as part of the negotiated arrangement between legislative and executive leaders,» as he wrote in a letter to the Commission's members on April 3 — a reference to the ethics deal struck between the governor and the Legislature as part of their budget agreement at the end of March, which coincided with Cuomo's announcement that he was shutting down the Commission.

A coalition of good - government groups on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to not stock a review commission charged with reporting on the workings of the ethics regulators with the «usual suspects» who will rubberstamp any findings.

The poll also asked questions about the governor's Moreland Commission on ethics, and the controversy surrounding it, and found some weaknesses there for Cuomo.

The newly formed state ethics commission, championed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, found that a lobbying group closely associated with the Governor's policies, The Committee to Save New York was the biggest spender in 2011.

The Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause that a Marshall County commissioner has violated the state's ethics law.

Ride - hailing firm Uber Technologies was the top lobbying spender for the first half of 2017, a report released Wednesday by the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found.

The 2011 law that created the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) to be the top ethics watchdog in the state contained a proviso that the body would be periodically reviewed to find ways to improve its functioning.

The state's ethics commission released the top spending lobbyists to try to influence state government during the 2015 legislative session, and found that education and real estate groups were the biggest spenders.

In a fairly unmistakable rebuke to the governor, Bharara dispatched a truck this week to collect the findings of the commission, which operated for just nine months before Cuomo agreed to dissolve the panel as part of a state budget agreement that included some new ethics provisions.

Russ Haven, the group's legislative counsel, said it disagreed with the commission's interpretation of the ethics laws and would ask the commission to reconsider its finding.

However, legal experts point to an earlier appellate court decision in 2003 on the Suffolk Ethics Commission that found a county can impose more stringent ethics regulations than those required by state law.

Technically, the public is not supposed to know whether JCOPE has decided to follow up on a complaint until the ethics commission makes its findings public.

However, when the ethics commission was formed in June, 2011, the accompanying announcement said JCOPE would indeed «have jurisdiction to investigate potential violations of law by legislators and legislative employees ``, and deliver its findings to the Legislative Ethics Ccommission was formed in June, 2011, the accompanying announcement said JCOPE would indeed «have jurisdiction to investigate potential violations of law by legislators and legislative employees ``, and deliver its findings to the Legislative Ethics CommissionCommission.

The ethics commission of Connecticut was very happy to answer newly appointed Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor's question as to whether his previous association with and founding of a charter school company would constitute a conflict of interest.

«There are many recent cases where lawyers have found themselves in trouble because of their use of client confidential information in settings that might surprise people,» says Mary K. Foster, counsel to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) review board and lecturer on legal ethics at Northwestern University School of Law.

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission yesterday notified Chicago - based Total Attorneys that its investigation of the company found no ethics violations.

In April 2018, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission issued an advisory opinion finding that Avvo Advisor's lawyer - referral service and its «marketing fee» for that service violates «several Indiana ethics...

Led by Ms. Levenson, BHPK's ethics practice draws on her wealth of experience as former General Counsel to the State Ethics Commission and a former Assistant Attorney General, and the vast experience of founding partner Leonard Kesten counseling government officials, negotiating settlements for governmental entities and successfully trying cases on their behalf.

The Disciplinary Commission also found that there were potential ethical pitfalls for attorneys, including placing funds in a trust account, refunding unused money, performing ethics checks, and taking cases which the lawyer is competent to handle.

Disagreeing with other ethics committees, the Alabama State Disciplinary Commission recently issued an opinion finding that «[t] he use of daily deal websites, such as Groupon, violates or potentially violates a number of rules of professional conduct.»