Sentences with phrase «ethics legislation last»
Cuomo's subpoena - empowered commission was close down following an agreement on ethics legislation last year that included new anti-corruption laws and independent enforcement at the state Board of Elections.
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In 2008 several pieces of legislation were passed during a special session on ethics and accountability reform that lasted from February 10 to February 26.
Lawmakers in the Democratic - led Assembly last week agreed to back Cuomo's ethics legislation, which includes disclosure of private business and legal clients.
Lawmakers — as well as Cuomo — had been under pressure to approve some form of ethics and anti-corruption legislation in Albany after a parade of corruption arrests that engulfed the Capitol in recent years, including the convictions of the two former state legislative leaders last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.
Cuomo has pledged to hold up an agreement if ethics legislation is not included, a promise he made last month following the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.
Rep. Tom Price last year purchased shares in a medical device manufacturer days before introducing legislation that would have directly benefited the company, raising new ethics concerns for Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.
Sen. Mark Grisanti is putting his large campaign war chest to good work, releasing a 30 - second TV ad today that gives the Buffalo Republican credit for the tax code overhaul, last year's ethics law and the long sought UB2020 legislation.
With the corruption scandals that have roiled the state; the last - minute flurry of legislation this past June and watered - down ethics reform packages, there's not a lot to love about the way our state government is functioning right now.
Legislation enabling ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City will be included in the budget's Article VII bills, as will the government ethics proposals Cuomo announced last week and language to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18.
During the last two weeks of the session — a crucial time, during which in 2011 the governor as able to wrangle votes needed to pass same - sex marriage — the governor took a trip to Niagara Falls and appeared in New York City for an airport groundbreaking and, away from the Capitol, a speech on ethics legislation.
Hoylman states that despite incremental improvements in ethics reforms following landmark legislation last year, Albany's pay - to - play culture will not end until campaign finance laws are changed as well.
«National Democrats have abandoned Mike Derrick because he opposes bipartisan education reforms, admits failing to read vital military legislation and has reportedly — and repeatedly — violated military ethics rules,» Alcivar said, referring to a report last week by the Washington Free Beacon that Derrick reportedly violated Pentagon rules by including pictures of himself in uniform in campaign materials without a mandatory disclaimer.