Sentences with phrase «ethics reform as»

Despite the arrests of the legislative leaders and the on going corruption probes, there is no new ethics reform as part of the end of session package.

Democratic supervisor candidate Laura Gillen, who has campaigned on ethics reform as well as limiting mass mailers, and proposes an opt - in program for residents who want to receive them, said, «This is just more evidence that the Town of Hempstead has become utterly dysfunctional under Tony Santino's poor leadership.»

Jones cited education funding, broadband, funding for rural hospitals and ethics reform as his top priorities.

At debates, forums and fairs, and in television ads and mailers, Curran, a Democrat, and Martins, a Republican, frequently have presented ethics reform as their top issue — a response to recent corruption scandals involving top state, county and town officials from Nassau.

Astorino has said he wanted to broaden the party's appeal to not just opposing Common Core, but also highlight the need for ethics reform as well as term limits in elected offices.

Post-budget legislative issues remain unresolved, however, including agreements on combating heroin and opioid abuse, ethics reform as well as developing regulations for ride - hailing apps and daily fantasy sports.

And de Blasio is doing so as Cuomo finds himself prodded by other liberal Democrats, too: Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who once responded with timidity to Cuomo's efforts to undercut him, recently ridiculed Cuomo's attempts at ethics reform as «tinkering around the edges» and proposed his own ethics agenda.

And I'm hoping to ethics reform as a collaborative process.

Gov. Andrew says he wants ethics reform as part of the budget or he will hold up the state's spending plan, while legislators say they want to negotiate the issue separately.

The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.

Attorney General Schneiderman praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics reform as part of the State budget process, but called for more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.

Cuomo felt the need to respond to these developments — hence his newfound focus on ethics reform as this year's top budget priority.

Republicans in the New York State Senate are in talks with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about legislative ethics reforms as demands for changes mount after the recent arrest of the former Assembly speaker.

The governor, who spoke at an unrelated event at JFK airport to announce renovation plans, did not mention any ethics reforms as part of a session agenda.

Despite the convictions last year of the state Legislature's top two leaders, the Legislature did not pass any ethics reforms as part of the state budget lawmakers approved on Friday.

The changes mirror guidelines set forth by the Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit think tank, Police Executive Research Forum, or PERF, which has advised the police department on ethics reforms as part of a three - year, $ 675,000 contract with the county.

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Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

As you'll recall, this year's session was unusually successful from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's perspective, as he got both houses of the Legislature to agree to things their majorities had heretofore rejected (namely, the legalization gay marriage for the Senate GOP, tax cap for the Assembly Democrats and ethics reform for everyoneAs you'll recall, this year's session was unusually successful from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's perspective, as he got both houses of the Legislature to agree to things their majorities had heretofore rejected (namely, the legalization gay marriage for the Senate GOP, tax cap for the Assembly Democrats and ethics reform for everyoneas he got both houses of the Legislature to agree to things their majorities had heretofore rejected (namely, the legalization gay marriage for the Senate GOP, tax cap for the Assembly Democrats and ethics reform for everyone).

And, as mentioned above, he didn't move to include that in his ethics reform plan once he took office.

Todd Kaminsky is expected to be sworn in as a new senator on Tuesday at 2 p.m. after running a platform largely on ethics reform.

He has also expressed support for term limits for state lawmakers (not just leadership positions) as a way to reduce corruption, but has been mostly silent on ethics reform otherwise.

Cuomo earlier this month told reporters he was skeptical measures such as voting and ethics reforms could pass in the Legislature, a position Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins rejected.

Again, so long as Flanagan blocks ethics legislation from coming to the floor he is defying the will of the majority of NY citizens and placing himself in position where he must be considered the most stalwart obstacle to reform and a clear champion of continued corruption!

«More than ever, spending decisions must be made more transparent as an integral part of the comprehensive ethics reforms that New Yorkers deserve,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

The announcement coincides days after the departure of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had led the investigation into de Blasio as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closure of the Moreland Commission following an agreement on ethics reform changes in the state budget.

In the interview, Stewart - Cousins said she he had hoped the Senate's one - house budget resolution went further on issues such as criminal justice reform, ethics and climate change, saying those subjects should be dealt with in the finalized spending plan.

However, both Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted the pay hike should not be coupled or linked to another issue, such as ethics reform.

Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from Yonkers, confirmed that issues such as voter reform measures and changes to the state's ethics laws had fallen out of the budget talks.

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.

«Governor Cuomo's endorsement is a true honor, as we have worked closely alongside each other to bring fiscal stability and ethics reform to Albany,» said Senator Addabbo.

The indictments come as ethics reform proposals in the state budget are faltering.

Cuomo's budget includes non-spending measures such as his slate of ethics reforms, allowing ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City and a plan to encourage local governments sharing services to reduce property taxes.

DOWNTOWN — Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo and his successor as attorney general Eric Schneiderman are planning a comprehensive ethics reform agenda that will likely include an independent ethics watchdog and an independent prosecutor, Cuomo said after the pair's first official meeting Friday.

In a meandering first - person meditation on the urgency of ethics reform, Cuomo framed the need for real change as a reflection of the national mood.

She says her administration will be representative of the entire county, not just the Democratic Party, as she embarks on an agenda centered on ethics and contracting reform.

As the final days of the current state Legislature's session wind down, there's growing calls for lawmakers and the governor to do something about ethics reform.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

While the governor piled 13 ethics and voting reform initiatives into last year's State of the State Book, not one became a reality, at least as not as envisioned, and many subsequently re-appeared on this year's agenda in an updated list of 14.

The governor is not backing away from ethics reform, which he set as his top priority and handcuffed to passage of an on - time budget.

That helps reveal, Orzechowski said, how many reforms are tangled in a morass of Albany power players» political self - interest, leading to unlikely bureaucratic arrangements, such as an ethics agency that is not subject to transparency laws.

As I've pointed out, we've passed ethics reforms every year.»

Cuomo's ties to the hedge fund industry are exceptionally troubling as his latest «ethics reform» proposal does not end the so - called «LLC loophole,» which allows wealthy individuals to easily circumvent maximum donation restrictions.

The career move comes as Democratic lawmakers negotiate ethics - reform legislation in response to several recent embarrassments, including the corruption conviction of former Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno.

Still, Cuomo's ethics push with the Senate Republicans comes as he still must convince Assembly Democrats to go along with his education reform proposals.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands for ethics reform in government, supporting small businesses and middle class workers, and equality for all people, or a out of touch 1 % er who represents big business, back door politics as usual, and the conservative agenda,» Small said.

Koch has experienced a similar turn - around with the Senate Republicans, whom he lauded during the 2010 campaign as among his reform «heroes» after they all signed on his NY Uprising pledges on budget, ethics and redistricting reform.

Hiram Monserrate proves his willingness to take on his colleagues and also praised him for pushing an ethics reform bill, although the measure didn't go nearly as far as the paper (or the governor and most good government groups, for that matter) had hoped.

So, this seems to be a safer move: Focus on the Senate, which everyone agrees is desperate for improvement, as far as reform and ethics goes, while also preserving a relationship with the Democrat who is widely expected to be the next governor of New York — a guy whose team doesn't truck with disloyalty and is known to hold political grudges.

Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union, said: «Public leaders» meetings on ethics reform are so necessary to ensure that big effective solutions are considered, negotiated, and agreed to, as New Yorkers wait to see how our state's political leaders propose preventing the growing problem of corruption.»