Sentences with phrase «ethics reform legislation»

He added that if an agreement is reached on ethics reform legislation, broader deals could be reached on the budget, due next week.

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer joins us to discuss a slew of ethics reform legislation passed by the State Senate Wednesday.

No one thinks Silver's reversed conviction will lead to serious talk in Albany of new ethics reform legislation.

The Erie County Legislature unanimously approved wide - ranging ethics reform legislation yesterday, which has been in the works for more than a year, and is the result of a joint effort between the county executive's office and the Democratic and Republican conferences.

Heastie has said he sees no need for ethics reform legislation, saying «it comes down to an individual's morality,» a climate - like denial contradicted by 98 percent of all scientists or anyone else with open eyes in New York.

«In fact, he wrote and sponsored the most sweeping ethics reform legislation to pass the legislature in a generation.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein on Tuesday called ethics reform legislation «the most important» issue in Albany.

Senate Republicans have been staunchly opposed to the use of taxpayer funds for elections, but did agree to a host of ethics reform legislation under the umbrella bill known as the Public Trust Act that tightens anti-corruption and bribery penalties.

«We must prove once again that state government can be trusted, and that means passing tough new ethics laws and creating a system that deters, detects and punishes individuals who seek to abuse and corrupt,» he said last week in a statement announcing ethics reform legislation.

Governor Cuomo repeated that ethics reform is a top priority and that he wouldn't sign a budget without ethics reform legislation included.

The Senate and Assembly Ethics Committees are not actually places where ethics reform legislation has ever been considered, because... Albany.

The statement also touted Schneiderman's writing ethics reform legislation and his efforts to expel Hiram Monserrate from the state Senate.

Blakeman and King Sweeney have been feuding with Santino for months over ethics reform legislation.

«We have passed the most aggressive ethics reform legislation that has ever existed,» Cuomo said.

Carl Heastie and Andrew Cuomo at a press conference on ethics reform legislation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a public financing system, along with a package of ethics reform legislation, in his $ 142 billion budget proposal.

«If the Legislature does not pass ethics reform and we end this legislative session and there has been no ethics reform legislation passed and the people of the state of New York are looking at another year and nothing happened... that is avoidable.»

And with only a handful of legislative session days to go, it's unclear how Gov. Andrew Cuomo's low - key approach to ethics reform legislation will work out.

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a package of ethics reform legislation that would cap outside income, strengthen disclosure requirements and close a loophole in campaign finance laws that guarantees unlimited contributions from limited liability corporations.

The measure, known as the Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget bill, included a suite of ethics reform legislation that address client disclosure for state lawmakers who are attorneys as well as per diem and campaign finance reform.

Biben left to become the first executive director of the new Joint Commission on Public Ethics, an independent entity created by last year's ethics reform legislation.

Cuomo disbanded the commission in March 2014 after state lawmakers agreed to pass ethics reform legislation.

He led the fight to adopt sweeping budget and ethics reform legislation and joined then - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in sponsoring and adopting the «Government Consolidation and Citizen Empowerment Act.»

«That the 2016 NYS legislative session is about to end and not one piece of ethics reform legislation has been enacted to address our state's systemic corruption, even in light of the twin convictions of former legislative leaders Skelos and Silver, makes New York State a national disgrace.

«I don't think it helps the atmosphere for negotiations to veto the bill,» said Senator Eric T. Schneiderman, the leading Senate sponsor of the ethics reform legislation.

Also interesting to note: Most of these groups worked with the governor on the ethics reform legislation and then praised the final product, even while acknowledging it was far from perfect.

However, a new Siena Poll released Tuesday shows that 96 percent of voters say passing ethics reform legislation should be the top priority for legislators at session's end - with 81 percent calling it «very important.»