Sentences with phrase «ethics probe after»

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a possible ethics probe after it was disclosed this week that he steered more than one - hundred - thousand dollars in secret payments to settle sexual harassment charges levied against Democrat Vito Lopez.

Some newspapers have called for an ethics probe after Duffy admitted he's been interviewing for a job with the Rochester Business Alliance, a trade and lobby group, while serving on Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Councils.

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Democrats» call to probe Carl Icahn came after former White House ethics lawyers had warned about his role advising President Trump.

Acting Supreme Court Judge Daniel J. McCullough, 65, stepped down last month, after a state ethics probe determined that he «persistently failed to report to work» since April 2014 instead of going on proper medical leave.

It was, after all, during the same time period that the U.S. attorney who is now investigating Percoco and others in the governor's administration was probing the premature closure of Cuomo's Moreland Act ethics panel.

This summer, the Republican candidate criticized the governor, after US Attorney Preet Bharara revealed he was probing the administration for possible obstruction of justice in an ethics probe.

After the Times reported that Cuomo's aides tried to meddle in on going ethics probes and get Moreland Act commissioners to rescind subpoenas that were issued to campaign donors and Cuomo associates, several commissioners simultaneously issued statements insisting that the commission was independent and that they were not coerced.

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.

It was, after all, during the same time period that the U.S. Attorney who is now investigating Percoco and others in the governor's administration was probing the premature closure of Cuomo's Moreland Act ethics panel.

The news comes after Bharara criticized Cuomo, saying the governor bargained away another ethics panel that was actively probing the legislature as part of a budget deal.

Lopez, the former head of the Brookyln Democratic Party, was forced to resign in 2013 after an ethics probe concluded he harassed multiple women.

ALBANY — The state ethics watchdog has forwarded a report of its findings to two legislative panels for possible sanctions after ending its probe of the Assembly's handling of sexual harassment allegations involving a senior member.