Sentences with phrase «ethics disclosures required»

Not exact matches

During this morning's JCOPE meeting the state ethics board released a draft report on disclosure rules requiring lobbyists and lobbying groups to disclose individual donors who give more than $ 5000.

Officials were uncertain about whether a new Suffolk law requiring the county ethics board to release officials» financial disclosure publicly would apply to John Scott Prudenti, a district attorney bureau chief who rented his partyboat to criminal defense attorneys with cases before the DA's office.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

After Newsday's reports on Terry's taxes, the North Hempstead Town Board reformed its ethics laws, requiring contractors who advise town boards to file financial disclosure forms and anyone who files the forms to identify family members who work for the town.

The package would require public disclosure of every legislator's outside clients and income, establish an ethics commission with robust investigative powers over both the legislative and executive branches — and institute other measures to introduce badly needed transparency and accountability into our state government.

But with the new ethics bill (apparently about to be signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo) requiring new disclosure of outside income, that's looking like a less attractive option for some senators and assembly members.

The budget that passed did contain new ethics measures, which at least to some extent, requires more disclosures of outside income by lawmakers.

As for ethics disclosure in the budget, Senate Republicans were poised to make an agreement on a bill that would require revealing outside legal clients, a move already backed by Assembly Democrats.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats announced a two - way deal on ethics reform late Tuesday, that they say will require full disclosure of outside income for state lawmakers.

The agreement also reverses a proposal from the ethics and lobbying regulator known as JCOPE that would require the disclosure by a consultant when they have contacted an editorial board in an effort to influence an opinion piece.

Cuomo is running on what he calls his «New NY Agenda» that includes several sub-plans, including one dubbed «Clean Up Albany» that would enact new, stricter ethics laws, require full disclosure of outside income for lawmakers and create an independent ethics watchdog.

New York City is flouting a state law that requires unpaid members of policymaking boards and commissions to file financial - disclosure statements — an ethics breach that allows officials on some powerful panels to make decisions without any sunlight on potential conflicts of interest.

The Legislature in 2011 adopted an ethics overhaul measure that required greater disclosure of sources of outside income for state elected officials, as well as the creation of the latest lobbying regulator, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The Senate also agreed to an ethics deal that will require partial disclosure of private law clients.

And he consistently opposes ethics reform or disclosure requirements, including a proposal this year that would have required lawmakers to sign their names to earmarks, on the grounds that voters police lawmakers» actions.

In his resignation letter, Mr. Meguin chastised the town for an ethics code that was «poorly drafted and requires substantial revision in several areas, particularly dual employment, gifts and the disclosure of other potential conflicts of interest.»

The revelations about lawmakers» wealth are available, only for the first time recently, thanks to new ethics disclosures from Gov Andrew Cuomo that required all elected officials to report details regarding their outside incomes.

However, in June 2011 Cuomo reached a deal with the Legislature that started a new ethics body - the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE)- and passed a law to require stricter disclosure on legislators» outside income.

It is therefore important to determine which ethics rules apply to Ms. Trump, which disclosures she will be required to make to demonstrate her compliance, and whether her compliance with these rules will be monitored and enforced.

A law approved in 2011 aimed at requiring more disclosure for state officials who earn outside income from lobbying entities to appears to be rarely enforced by state ethics regulators.

Independent Oyster Bay Town Supervisor candidate Robert Ripp said he has refused to file a financial disclosure form to the town ethics board, as required under the town code.

The ethics watchdogs were especially upset over the provisions requiring new disclosure for non-profits, which they said would impact charities and have other intended consequences.

Any responsible ethics bill has to require full disclosure.

Ms. Trump's lawyer, Jamie S. Gorelick, said that «she will file the financial disclosure forms required of federal employees and be bound by the same ethics rules that she had planned to comply with voluntarily.»

Asked whether the group should voluntarily disclose where its money comes from, Mr. Cuomo responded by noting that an overhaul of the state ethics law for which he won passage last year will require the disclosure of donors in the future.

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson on Tuesday vetoed the Legislature's attempt to create new ethics panels to monitor elected officials and to require greater financial disclosure by lawmakers, halting for now an overhaul of the rules meant to curb political corruption.

The Senate and Cuomo have been at odds over ethics reform, including requiring financial disclosure of senators» law clients in their outside jobs as private attorneys.

What more motivation does the State Legislature need to enact a comprehensive overhaul of ethics laws that would require full disclosure of the source and amount of outside income, and how it was earned?

Such a disclosure would be required under Gov. Cuomo's new proposed ethics bill and was the focus of a report in Monday's Post that found that Skelos — unlike Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — won't say whether he's representing private legal clients with business before the state.

Anton Borovina, who served as first counsel to the county Ethics Commission and who helped draft the law, said, «The Suffolk County ethics law applies to him, and the Suffolk County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.»

One of the report's proposed orders would require certain members of the governor's executive staff, including his chief counsel, to put their full ethics disclosure forms online, including information about their investments.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

While it appears they are trying to point in a consumer facing direction I'd like to see their code of ethics also require members to openly make disclosures about services available for free from the Department of Education and make fees and services apparent.

The Georgetown report cites state laws that require providers to adhere to professional codes of conduct and ethics with respect to disclosure and re-disclosure of protected health information.

Confidentiality — State law and professional ethics require that I hold all communication between us in strict confidence unless you provide written permission to release information about your treatment, or in case of these exceptions: 1) If I suspect abuse or neglect of a child, elder, or dependent adult; 2) If you are a danger to yourself or others; 3) If you are gravely mentally disabled; 4) If a judge requires disclosure.

Based on the seriousness of the violation and REALTOR ® B's conscious disregard for his disclosure obligation, the Hearing Panel recommended a $ 5,000 fine and retaking the ethics orientation required for new members.