Sentences with phrase «ethics legislation came»
After the corruption convictions of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam were tossed on Tuesday, the inevitable call for new ethics legislation came from good - government groups and lawmakers.
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Again, so long as Flanagan blocks ethics legislation from coming to the floor he is defying the will of the majority of NY citizens and placing himself in position where he must be considered the most stalwart obstacle to reform and a clear champion of continued corruption!
The career move comes as Democratic lawmakers negotiate ethics - reform legislation in response to several recent embarrassments, including the corruption conviction of former Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno.
Calls for ethics legislation — varying measures have been approved virtually every year Cuomo has been governor — come as still more investigations are underway into the state's economic development programs in upstate New York and Mayor Bill de Blasio's political activities in New York City.
The arrest of Skelos comes after lawmakers approved a new package of ethics and transparency legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office had insisted was among the strongest in the nation.
With public corruption and ethics once again moving to the front burner in Albany, Senate Democrats in the coming days plan a renewed push of a their package of ethics legislation in the chamber.