Sentences with phrase «ethics package in»

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins blamed the coalition of Republicans and four independent Democrats for the failure to pass an ethics package in 2013 as well as a compromised version of the minimum wage.

Cuomo introduced an ethics package in his $ 142 billion budget that calls for stricter anti-bribery and corruption penalties as well as increased oversight at the state Board of Elections.

The ethics package in the budget was just the latest in a series of measures passed by lawmakers and agreed to by the governor following a public outcry after the arrest of a state lawmaker.

Susan Lerner, the executive director of the good - government group Common Cause New York, said the ethics package in this year's state budget did not include any provisions to address the types of campaign spending the Moreland Commission was investigating.

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Michael Zimmer, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where he specialises in privacy and internet ethics, described this as a «particularly problematic» kind of voter targeting that raised broader concerns in the US about «packaging voters like they're consumers».

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Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

After failing in their effort two weeks ago to force the Senate Republicans to hold a public hearing on a package of ethics reform bills, the Senate Democrats are taking matters into their own hands.

A version of the bill was included in an Assembly Minority ethics reform package and did not make it into the budget.

Cuomo did include a package of ethics measures in the budget, reiterating proposals such as limits to outside income for lawmakers and term limits through constitutional amendments.

The new compliance unit was created as part of the ethics reform package passed along with this year's budget, which Cuomo has attributed, at least in part, to the work of the Moreland Commission.

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Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney said she intends to sue Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino to challenge an income cap contained in an ethics package the town board passed last week.

Fred LeBrun writes Cuomo is «dead wrong» if he thinks passing an ethics reform package in the wake of the scandals will help state government's image with the public.

Gibson in Binghamton on Thursday praised the Assembly Republicans for their ethics package, which has included stripping those convicted of corruption of their pensions, as well as term limits.

Klein and Cuomo had sought public finance and other reforms, as part of a budget deal, but in the end settled for a more limited ethics package that would strengthen the regulation of campaign violations and enact stiffer anti bribery laws.

Lawmakers» hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie also recommitted to closing the loophole in his opening remarks for the 2016 session, and the Assembly passed it once again as part of a broad ethics package, this time nearly unanimously.

«We are reviewing them with members,» Whyland continued, «and we continue to negotiate in good faith on all of the issues — including the ethics reform package.

In January, the governor unveiled a «comprehensive package» of ethics and good government reforms, which included appointing a chief procurement officer, expanding the Freedom of Information Law to the state legislature, and closing the «LLC loophole,» which essentially allows corporations to exceed campaign donation limits.

The pilot program was created as part of settlement between Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

Lawmakers hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Governor Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

The ethics package that produced the pilot public campaign finance program for the state comptroller race also included the shuttering of Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission, which was in the midst of probing possible corruption cases.

The pilot program was created as part of a settlement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

In January, the governor made closing the LLC loophole a key plank of his government ethics reform package.

In a nutshell, it looks like a disappointment: the ethics package approval process was another instance of Albany's opaque, backroom dealing, and the governor's «dramatic» five - point plan will do far too little to raise the veil of secrecy that contributes to Albany's pervasive culture of corruption.

Mr. Cuomo, who fashioned himself as a political reformer from the day he launched his 2010 bid for governor in front of Tweed Courthouse, included his renewal of the order as part of an ethics package adopted on his first day in office.

Cuomo's briefing book described his latest proposals as «the most ambitious ethics and good government reform package ever to restore New Yorkers confidence in their representatives.»

Several senators, including Skelos, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in outside income from private law firms, and if the governor's ethics package is adopted, would have to disclose more details, including names of their clients.

On Tuesday, the second - term lawmaker also slammed lawmakers in both houses for failing to include pension forfeiture bills in ethics reform packages earlier this year.

Cuomo has proposed ethics legislation, his second package since he and the Legislature passed a 2011 ethics reform act after campaigning in 2010 to «clean up Albany,» a platform similar to ones routinely used in Albany campaigns for decades.

At the end of the legislative session last year, Cuomo was annoyed that lawmakers had rejected his ethics reform package, even after several lawmakers had been indicted, jailed, or found to be wearing wires in ongoing FBI probes.

But the governor nevertheless did push in the wake of Silver's arrest last year for a package of anti-corruption, ethics and disclosure measures.

Cuomo insisted on Wednesday the blow up over the budget had nothing to do with a scuttled pay raise, denied to lawmakers in December after they failed to coalesce around a package of ethics measures in a special session that never materialized.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a public financing system, along with a package of ethics reform legislation, in his $ 142 billion budget proposal.

The proposal is the latest in a series of ethics reform packages to be intrdouced in the wake of the arrests of Sen. Malcolm Smith and, in a separate case, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson.

A package of ethics measures has been approved in the Legislature virtually every year Cuomo has been in office.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his January State of the State and budget address introduced a package of ethics measures, but has largely focused in recent weeks on increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 and creating a 12 - week paid family leave program.

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a package of ethics reform legislation that would cap outside income, strengthen disclosure requirements and close a loophole in campaign finance laws that guarantees unlimited contributions from limited liability corporations.

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.

The ethics reform package needed in Albany, NY points to one thing above all else, from the Governor on down, transparency is required to eliminate doubt about illegal activities.

Not discussed in the meeting was any potential for a new ethics package following the arrest of Skelos on charges that he used his official power to help his adult son's business interests.

The ethics package comes as lawmakers in Albany this legislative session have been largely focused on the economic measures Cuomo is touting: A $ 15 minimum wage and a proposed 12 - week paid family leave program.

Cuomo briefly previewed what may be included in his 2016 ethics and campaign finance reform package, including making closure of the «LLC loophole» a priority.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced late Tuesday that he and Assembly Democrats have agreed on an ethics package that would require legislators to disclose their business and law clients and to use swipe cards to prove they were in Albany on days when they claim per diem expenses.

During a speech at New York University, Governor Andrew Cuomo reiterated the government ethics package he outlined in his State of the State address, but then said he would not sign a state budget that fails to include it.

Later in the week, the governor announced another package of ethics reforms that he promised would end the unrelenting scandals that have plagued state government.

But in March 2014, Cuomo, whose administration had been accused of interfering with the panel, ordered it discontinued, after a package of ethics reforms was passed by the state legislature.

Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney said Thursday that she intends to sue Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino to challenge an income cap contained in an ethics package the town board passed last week.