Sentences with phrase «ethics overhaul»

As lawmakers head into the home stretch, good - government advocates hope a package of ethics overhaul legislation is approved.

Details of the contributors will likely be revealed once parts of the state's ethics overhaul law take effect later this year.

David Grandeau, outspoken blogger and former executive director of the now - defunct Temporary Commission on Lobbying, has made no secret of his disdain for the job the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, an agency he calls «J - Joke» that was created by the 2011 ethics overhaul measure.

In Ulster, County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach's call for ethics overhaul fell mostly on deaf ears, except that the chairman of the legislature opined that the comptroller might have better things to do.

Senate Democrats plan to introduce a package of ethics overhaul bills known as «Leibell Laws,» Sen. Dan Squadron said in a Talk 1300 - AM radio interview this morning.

The ethics push comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to push his own ethics overhaul legislation in the budget negotiations — even if it means a late spending plan — which would be the first of his tenure as governor.

Reviving his initial proposals for the special session, Mr. Cuomo may also try to push for a broad legislative ethics overhaul.

Cuomo and lawmakers are in talks to finalize the terms of what he has named as his top priority: a package of ethics overhauls designed to, among other things, shed more light on legislators» outside income.

A landmark ethics overhaul enacted last year directed the State Board of Elections to develop rules for the disclosure of outside spending in state elections.

After the landmark ethics overhaul enacted last year, the State Board of Elections has developed rules for the disclosure of spending by outside groups, but those that don't explicitly advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate are exempt from this requirement.

Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he wont sign a new budget unless lawmakers agree to a major ethics overhaul.

Senate Republicans may unveil their own ethics overhaul and campaign - finance reform legislation in the coming days as well.

That venture, however, was a veritable early bird compared to an even more sweeping 2013 legislative proposal that Cuomo introduced on June 11, when just six session days remained: the Public Trust Act, a massive ethics overhaul covering everything from new prosecutorial tools and the creation of a public financing system for campaigns to closure of the so - called «LLC loophole» that allows deep - pocketed political donors to multiply the force of their giving.

In a statement released this evening following Cuomo's news conference unveiling his latest ethics overhaul proposals, WFP Executive Director Dan Cantor said repealing the obscure law a «distraction.»

While there is no indication Cuomo himself was personally involved in any wrongdoing, good government groups were upset that the Moreland Commission died such a quick death because they were hoping for a massive public ethics overhaul.

«If there any questions of how it operated, fine,» Cuomo said when asked about the commission, adding he wanted to do «more» on ethics overhaul legislation, but was proud of the results he's achieved so far.

Amazed that Comptroller Elliott Auerbach called for ethics overhaul.

Cuomo is touring the state in an effort to build popular support for his 2 percent tax cap, gay marriage legalization and a legislative ethics overhaul.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, and lawmakers are in talks to finalize the terms of what he has named as his top priority: a package of ethics overhauls designed to, among other things, shed more light on legislators» outside income.

Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday he wont sign a new budget unless lawmakers agree to a major ethics overhaul.

Indeed, any sort of election law or ethics overhaul legislation is yet to be agreed to as the legislatives session enters its final 48 to 72 hours in Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to barnstorm the state and deploy various members of his cabinet in an all - out effort to pass his three major agenda items by the end of June: a 2 percent property tax cap, the legalization of gay marriage and an ethics overhaul.

Cuomo was applauded by reformers for pushing through an ethics overhaul bill that includes new requirements for lawmakers to disclose their outside sources of income — a major and long - sought goal.

The governor has threatened to investigate the Legislature through a Moreland Commission if lawmakers do not pass an ethics overhaul, which most likely will force legislators to reveal more information about their outside income and attorney clients.

Not passing an ethic overhaul would be a «total failure» by the Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today.

Squadron said the measures would be «strikingly similar» to the ethics overhaul plan to be unveiled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The «People First» road show featuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his cabinet and three big issues he's pushing — gay marriage, a property - tax cap and an ethics overhaul — will be kicking off in Syracuse on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters in Buffalo today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said an ethics overhaul for the executive branch, which Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos suggested to Liz yesterday, isn't necessary.

Lawmakers will take up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's preferred legislation — including a tax cap and an ethics overhaul — Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari said today.

The Skelos statement did not mention the other two major components of the «People First» tour — an ethics overhaul measure and a legalization of gay marriage.

This year Cuomo has started to rely heavily on an ad campaign from the state Democratic Committee, blanketing airwaves with spots promoting his budget plan and, more recently, his ethics overhaul legislation.

The retroactive versus proactive disclosure goes to the heart of how the ethics overhaul measure is being interpreted.

So far, he has succeeded in pushing through an ethics overhaul (although the resulting watchdog, JCOPE, has come under fire) and gotten the Legislature to do first passage of a constitutional amendment that would change the redistricting process for the next round of line drawing after the 2020 Census.

The governor said he believed this year's session was successful, despite the inability to agree on the schools and the failure to pass an ethics overhaul as well as other long - sought measures such as a longer time period within which victims of child sex abuse could sue their abusers.

The good government groups and reform advocates — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo — are not alone in trying to capitalize on the latest scandal at the Capitol in an effort to reignite support for an ethics overhaul.

Now, as governor, Cuomo is trying to pass an ethics overhaul measure that may require legislators to reveal more details about their outside income and clients who do business with the state.

Cuomo has made several positive and duly lauded gestures toward transparency, including the proactive posting of a version of his schedule records on a new state website, the establishment of a records management plan that provides written guidance on what files aides should save, and his push for an ethics overhaul in 2011 that will require lawmakers to disclose the amount of their outside income, among other things.

«Government does not work without the trust of the people — and this ethics overhaul is an important step in restoring that trust.»

Cuomo wants a 2 percent cap on property taxes, an ethics overhaul and the legalization of gay marriage.

Cuomo is traveling the state promoting his big three agenda items for the rest of the year: The 2 percent tax cap, ethics overhaul and same - sex marriage.

Libous said the conference remains firm on its position when it comes to the public financing of political campaigns, though he hinted at the possibility of an ethics overhaul in the budget.

The governor, perhaps overconfident that legislators would cancel holiday plans to secure their first raise since 1999, tried to tie the session to a few choice items of his own: an ethics overhaul, measures related to bias crimes and homelessness, and a plan to deliver app - based ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to upstate New York.

Speaking to reporters after a «People First» event in Utica, the governor demurred as to whether he would attempt an ethics overhaul the same way.

If Skelos was left out of the negotiations with Silver, it could make negotiations for an ethics overhaul that much harder.

It comes as his administration is being sent on the road in order to press the issue, along with a property tax cap and an ethics overhaul.

In a statement, Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif indicated the conference would be open to discussing some of the ethics overhaul ideas (keep in mind, the Republican conference alongside the Assembly Democrats and Senate IDC filed a legal challenge to the legitimacy of the commission itself to subpoena outside business interests and clients).

«That's to suggest we won't do an ethics overhaul.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo indicated Tuesday morning that the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption's preliminary report could be the basis for some sort of an ethics overhaul package, but hedged on whether that could include public financing of political campaigns.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch kicked off his upstate NY Uprising tour in Buffalo today, and, true to his word, called out the so - called «enemies» of reform who declined to sign his trio of pledges to support nonpartisan redistricting, GAP budgeting and an ethics overhaul.

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.