Sentences with phrase «ethics plan»

The governor said he would not approve a state budget that does not include his five - point ethics plan.
«We unveiled our campaign finance and ethics plan earlier this week,» he said.
The state Democratic Party has launched a radio ad featuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling on New York residents to support his 2011 - 2012 budget proposal and «sweeping new ethics plan» by pressuring the Legislature to act.
Martins, a Republican who has a spotless record, could have seized this moment by presenting a fierce ethics plan.
At 10 a.m., Astorino will unveil his first major policy initiative — a «comprehensive ethics plan» — at a press conference in front of the Teddy Roosevelt Statue, 79th Street and Central Park West, Manhattan.
Azzopardi did not specify what he was talking about, but a New Jersey ethics plan recently said he had no conflict of interest in pushing to fund a replacement to the authority's Midtown bus terminal, a priority that Cuomo thinks clashes with his plans for construction at New York's airports.
Fifty - one percent of voters said passing the Cuomo ethics plan will reduce corruption, though 44 percent believe the new measures won't have any real effect.
So, whatever ethics plan comes out of this governing season, if any, singling out the Legislature is no longer appropriate.
A five - point ethics plan was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top leaders in the Assembly and Senate on Friday evening, with measures designed to curb the influence of super PACs, a constitutional amendment to strip corrupt officials of their pensions and new disclosure requirements for lobbyists and political consultants.
«We need a sweeping new ethics plan that will give us a government that we can be proud of; a government that works for the people and not for the special interests.»
So I will not sign a budget that does not have an ethics plan as outlined in my proposal that addresses the current problems in the system.
In classic, Albany news dump fashion, the Majority's ethics plan was quietly announced around 7 p.m. on Friday evening to ensure the least amount of press coverage and scrutiny as possible.
«I will not sign a budget that does not have an ethics plan as outlined in my proposal,» the governor said while speaking at NYU Law School this afternoon.
Cuomo is hinging his ethics plan on the Silver v. Pataki court ruling, which gave the governor broader power over the state budget.
Astorino unveiled an ethics plan last month that would end the per diem system for state lawmakers as well as create term limits for the Legislature and elected officials.
The ad notes Curran's ethics plan, which calls for an independent office to monitor county contracts and banning county executive appointees from holding leadership positions in political party committees or clubs.
«I will not sign a budget that does not have an ethics plan as outlined in my proposal that addresses the current problems in the system,» said Cuomo.
Cuomo's not - very - veiled threat came as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), a lawyer with the huge personal - injury law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, confirmed The Post's report Monday that he had dropped his opposition to two key planks in Cuomo's ethics plan: public disclosure of legislators» outside income and the names of legal clients.
Martins» ad also notes a component of his ethics plan: A proposed county charter provision that would allow for removal of a county executive for a corruption conviction.
In response to Silver's arrest, Cuomo has inserted a five - point ethics plan into his budget proposal and said during a speech at New York University that he «will not sign a budget that does not have an ethics plan as outlined in my proposal.»
Q: Governor, why didn't your ethics plan close the LLC loophole, which allows LLCs to be treated as individuals under the law?
«I proposed it starting January,» Cuomo said of his ethics plan.
One slight sticking point in this radio ad: There is no ethics plan to speak of yet — at least not one that exists in bill form.
Blair Horner, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said Cuomo's ethics plan has some good elements, but will only be successful if he tries to rally public support like he did when successfully pushing for a $ 15 minimum wage.
«I will not sign a budget that does not have an ethics plan as outlined in my proposal,» Cuomo said at the time.
«I will not sign a budget that does not have an ethics plan as outlined in my proposal that addresses the current problems in the system.»
«I think voters are likely pretty confused in terms of the candidates» ethics plans,» Dawidziak said.
The governor's office did not respond to a request for comment on the Assembly Democrats» ethics plans.
He backed his demand with an ultimatum that he would not approve any state budget that did not include his ethics plan, something that has loomed over negotiations.
The Democratic governor is pushing a five - point ethics plan that would require corrupt lawmakers to forfeit their public pensions, force lawyer - legislators to name their outside clients and require more documentation for per diem reimbursements.
His call for a complete ban on outside income goes further than the ethics plan proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with whom Mr. Schneiderman has a testy relationship.
Last month, Mr. Cuomo, also a Democrat, said he would not approve any budget that did not include his five - point ethics plan, including proposals on income disclosure.
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