Asked if he anticipated
an ethics probe into Cuomo's dealings with the Moreland Commission, Bharara responded, «I'm not going to prejudge what we'll be looking at, what we'll be investigating, and where the facts will lead.»
If history is any guide, that number might increase as the House
ethics probe into Weinergate called for by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi gets underway and will grow still further if that investigation results in punishment.
Despite
an ethics probe into his efforts on behalf of Innate Immunotherapeutics an Australian biotech firm, which is expected to culminate in a report in the coming week, Rep. Chris Collins has stepped up his outside business interests.
Instead, she initiated a House
ethics probe into Weiner's on - line dalliances, with which the embattled congressman said he would fully comply,
State Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan) called for
an ethics probe into Klein.
A public hearing on
an ethics probe into Rangel's dealings will be held Thursday.
The four - term Republican will serve out the remainder of his term, which means
an ethics probe into allegations of his misconduct will continue.
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn has taken a zero tolerance approach with Halloran and has ordered
an ethics probe into his conduct.
Not exact matches
Already embroiled in an
ethics probe now entering its tenth month, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D - N.Y.), chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, received more bad news Wednesday night as the House
ethics committee announced it would look
into Caribbean trips taken by the veteran lawmaker and four other Democrats.
The
ethics refresher was ordered as the burgeoning federal
probe into police corruption has resulted in the transfers of nine officers, including eight high - level supervisors, many of them stripped of their guns and badges, for their dealings with two wealthy Brooklyn businessmen who are also large donors to Mayor Bill de Blasio and were on his Inauguration Team.
The new
ethics bill would temporarily halt any current investigations by the Public Integrity Commission, including the
probe into former SUNY Research head John O'Connor.
In a release signed the Public Relations Officers of the group, Mumuni Believer Likpalmor called on the Disciplinary Committee of the umbrella family to
probe extensively
into the case and sanction any culprit according to the code and
ethics depicted in the party's constitution.
Dadey, with Citizens Union, says that over one year since the commission was signed
into law, the
probe of the Assembly speaker's actions, if it is indeed occurring, is the first true test of the new
ethics commission.
to call for an
ethics investigation
into Weiner, who said he welcomed the
probe and claimed no government resources were used in his indiscretions.
In addition to a possible state
ethics commission
probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation
into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.
Stephen Parker used an article in the Telegraph newspaper to argue the
probe into the culture,
ethics and practice of the press were undermining the judicial process.
He gave up his Assembly seat and wound up jumping
into a crowded field of challengers to Rangel last year, as the 81 - year - old Democrat suffered an embarrassing
ethics probe, censure and loss of his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.
Dadey, with Citizens Union says that over one year since the commission was signed
into law, the
probe of the Assembly Speaker's actions, if it is indeed occurring, is the first true test of the new
ethics commission.
In the face of reports that Cuomo might have meddled in the Moreland Commission's dealings, possibly to quash legal
probes into his own finances, or that Cuomo was using the threat of the commission to force closed - door negotiations for an elusive
ethics - reform package, Fitzpatrick has vowed that the commission's reporting will be straight, and its work independent.
That was one of many iffy situations that came to light in June according to transcripts of a congressional
probe into ethics at the National Institutes of Health.