Sentences with phrase «ethics commission met»

Shortly after the complaints were made, JCOPE Chair Janet DiFiore called for another special ethics commission meeting for Monday.

JCOPE members convene for a state ethics commission meeting Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Not exact matches

The first public meeting of the state's new ethics commission came on the day that another State Senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges.

The state's new ethics commission, announced this week, is already raising some questions after holding its first meeting in private, without public notice.

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.

Outside David Grandeau, a former state ethics oversight official, and now a blogger, said he thinks the closed door session was a «not a good way to start» the commission, calling the public portion of the meeting a «dog and pony show».

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.

A panel commissioned to review practices at New York's troubled ethics commission held its one and only public hearing Wednesday, as its Chair says lack of staff and excess of paperwork may make it difficult to meet the group's November 1st deadline.

An administration official told the Times Union on Monday that panel appointees of the executive and judicial branch indicated at their meeting last week that they have soured on the idea of a raise for two reasons: because only two lawmakers have formally stated their case to the commission this year, and because ethics reforms approved this year have been lambasted as not properly addressing recent corruption.

The state's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday; while its proceedings are secret, good - government groups have filed formal complaints against Lopez and it is expected commissioners will weigh authorizing an investigation.

The ethics commission then held another meeting, partially open to the public, during which commissioners bitterly lamented the leaks and the secrecy imposed by the ethics panel's rules.

The first public meeting of the state's new ethics commission came on the day that another state senator pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges.

DiFiore refused to discuss details, when she was asked about them following a lengthy closed door meeting of the ethics commission.

But another source said the updated filings have more to do with a change made to ensure the firm is meeting the expanded definition of lobbying put into place last year by the state ethics commission.

Though Albany is reeling from yet another corruption scandal, the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics didn't discuss the case at their meeting.

NYPIRG backs a number of changes, including making the ethics commission subject to Freedom of Information and Open Meeting Laws.

During a June commission meeting, the board voted to post ethics violation complaint forms online, however, there's no clear way for someone to submit complaints at this point.

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.

The State Ethics Commission is expected to vote on proposed ethics regulations at the Commission's regular monthly meeting in October.