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Here's hoping that the apparent rhetorical reluctance to put ethics reform at the top of the governor's legislative agenda does not reflect a lack of interest on his part to advance meaningful measures to reform Albany.

«As New York continues to fail to pass significant ethics reform at the state level, I am pleased the Erie County Legislature came together to reach an agreement on creating more transparency in government,» said Legislator Lorigo.

Silver's prison term, along with the pending sentencing of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos later this month, sparked talk of ethics reform at the Capitol (though what actually gets done is anyone's guess).

To simply write off ethics reforms at this point in the legislative session is irresponsible.

I look forward to working toward that aim at Campaign Legal Center, as well as working on ethics reforms at all levels of government,» Shaub said in a statement released by the center on Thursday.

Not exact matches

Democrats were more than happy to seize on McGrath's insistence that he would not step away from his law practice if elected and, at the same time, was dismissive of calls for ethics reforms.

The IDC is holding an ethics and campaign finance reform hearing in Rockland County (home turf of Sen. David Carlucci) from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Valley Cottage Library, 110 New York 303, Valley Cottage.

At 9:30 a.m., an hour before former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is sentenced for corrupting his office, government watchdog groups will weigh in on the heightened need for ethics reform before the end of the legislative session, Foley Square, intersection of Lafayette, Worth, and Centre streets, Manhattan.

At the same time, the ethics watchdogs criticized Cuomo, who proposed the initial measure in June, for not going far enough on reform measures in Albany in the wake of a series of corruption scandals and arrests that have plagued the Legislature.

«At his first official campaign event, Chris McGrath outrageously confirmed he is against ethics reforms to ban outside income and will continue to line his pockets through his outside law practice.

Cuomo at the start of the year unveiled few big surprises: He wanted to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15; a paid family leave program; sweeping ethics reform.

Cuomo has insisted ethics reform remains a top priority for lawmakers at the end of the legislative session.

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.

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.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn political club New Kings Democrats (NKD) has adopted a reform platform for the Kings County Democratic Committee (AKA Brooklyn Democratic Party) aimed at improving the transparency, ethics, and accessibility of the local Democratic Committee.

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.

An ethics reform measure approved by the New York State Legislature at the end of the legislative session still hasn't been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Flushing) and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will discuss campaign finance reform and the need for comprehensive ethics at Stavisky's campaign headquarters in Flushing at 37 - 02 Main St., at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Leaders of prominent good government groups gathered at the state Capitol to decry not only the inability of Cuomo and legislative leaders to achieve ethics reform in the budget process, but also the lack of transparency in the ongoing three - men - in - a-room negotiations.

Deals are at hand in Albany to combat heroin addiction and serve alcohol at Sunday brunch, but good - government advocates are blasting the lack of any agreement on ethics or campaign finance reform after years of scandal.

The good government groups and reform advocates — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo — are not alone in trying to capitalize on the latest scandal at the Capitol in an effort to reignite support for an ethics overhaul.

An ethics reform measure approved by the New York legislature at the end of the legislative session still hasn't been signed by Governor Cuomo.

NYPIRG issued its list of fundraisers at a time when good government groups are trying to pressure state lawmakers to pass ethics and campaign finance reforms.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today outlined his ethics reform agenda for the 2015 legislative session at the NYU School of Law in New York City.

It should be noted that Silver reportedly is ready to get all the way on board with the governor's ethics reform proposal — even the part that would require him to fully disclose his client list at Weitz & Luxenberg, which is something that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also of counsel (at the Long Island firm of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek), doesn't seem all that interested in doing.

Onondaga County lawmakers are looking at a trio of packages targeting ethics reform.

But public financing of elections, a system designed to take the big money out of politics, would be «key» to any ethical reforms of state government, he said Wednesday at a daylong symposium on ethics and government at Albany Law School.

Now, Paladino's campaign manager Michael Caputo is taking Cuomo to task for celebrating with a lawmakers at the center of an ethics probe while running on a platform of reforming Albany.

At 4:36 p.m. on the nose, a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo announcing he and the legislative leaders have reached an three - way agreement on «historic ethics reform» landed in the CapTon inbox.

«They haven't introduced a proposal for ethics reform,» Gianaris said (Republicans have introduced ethics bills, including one seemingly aimed at having the governor's girlfriend, Sandra Lee of the Food Network, release her financial information.

On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that, in the case of ethics reform for example, are even stronger than what is included in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»

Yesterday during a brief news conference at the Capitol, Cuomo said he plans to push for ethics reform right away, at the same time that he works on the budget, and other priorities like a property tax cap.

Liz adds: Jacobs told me on «Capital Tonight» yesterday that the party will approve a resolution at the convention this week calling for ethics reform in Albany.

With hours left in the 2016 legislative session, lawmakers have agreed on some items like permitting drinking at Sunday brunch, while some others, like ethics reform, are still unresolved.

During his 2018 State of the State speech on Wednesday in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo spent little time on government ethics reform, but did address at somewhat greater length his proposals to increase access to the ballot box and change state campaign finance law.

An administration official told the Times Union on Monday that panel appointees of the executive and judicial branch indicated at their meeting last week that they have soured on the idea of a raise for two reasons: because only two lawmakers have formally stated their case to the commission this year, and because ethics reforms approved this year have been lambasted as not properly addressing recent corruption.

There's still no final three way deal on an ethics reform proposal at the State Capitol.

Rivera has advocated for the very ethics reforms the editorial accuses the governor and majority leaders of avoiding and Rivera is part of the Democratic minority in the Senate that has no power at the negotiating table.

Santino is also taking a stab at long overdue ethics reform, but it hardly goes far enough.

«It's sort of shocking that there wasn't at least even a pretend effort to do some meaningful ethics reforms,» said Horner.

King Sweeney, a Republican who has been at odds with Santino for months over ethics reform, said she would fight any attempts to put Santino «loyalists in positions of power in the new administration.»

We need to reform our state — from ethics reform in Albany to political reform and transparency at the local level so we can restore the confidence people deserve to have in their state government.

Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak, former Cheektowaga councilwoman who at 27 may be the youngest legislator, says they need to address ethics reform with recent cases show corruption «running rampant» in Albany.

To that end, Citizens Union is organizing an anti-corruption rally for meaningful ethics reform on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 12:30 pm outside of Governor Cuomo's Manhattan office at 633 3rd Avenue.

Instead, Astorino, the Republican county executive of Westchester took a direct shot at the Legislature, releasing a 10 - point ethics reform package that called for everything from term limits and a less generous state pension system for state lawmakers to an overhaul of the state's Byzantine campaign finance laws.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and leaders of the scandal - scarred Legislature agreed on a sweeping ethics - reform package late yesterday that will at long last force lawmakers to publicly disclose their outside incomes and name clients they represent before the state.

Seven of the eight candidates vying to become the next Speaker of the New York City Council convened at New York Law School on Monday night for a forum focused on government reform, running the Council, transparency, ethics, voting, and elections.

«It was done in the middle of the night, at the very end of session, we think because the governor was not able to get both him and the two leaders in the Assembly and Senate to go along with any real ethics reform,» Bartoletti said.

And, keep an eye out for a related conference in Albany on Friday, which will look at ethics reform through the lens of a state constitutional convention - details below.