Sentences with phrase «ethics reform package»

The legislature is currently working on their own ethics reform package, and Silver says they are unlikely to support an overall commission to enforce all ethics violations.

He had even used the threat of a Moreland Act commission before, most significantly to negotiate an earlier ethics reform package in 2011.

The proposal is the latest in a series of ethics reform packages to be intrdouced in the wake of the arrests of Sen. Malcolm Smith and, in a separate case, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson.

Mr. Schneiderman pointed to ethics reform packages passed in 2005, 2007, 2011 and last year, saying they appeared to the people of New York «like one charade after another.»

There's a lot to like about the new state ethics reform package introduced in Albany last week, but there's also a lot to be desired.

«The Assembly passed a comprehensive ethics reform package earlier this year and we hope the Senate will agree.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, meanwhile, has previously advocated for a convening a special session on ethics reform, in addition to pushing his «End New York Corruption Now Act,» a sweeping ethics reform package which seeks to drastically reform how business is done in Albany.

During the 2014 governor's race, the GOP candidate, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, did not help his standing with the Senate Republicans by laying out a sweeping ethics reform package that called for everything from term limits to campaign finance reform.

In his first major address since last week's corruption scandals in Albany involving the arrests of state Senator Malcolm Smith, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and several other political leaders on both sides of the aisle, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a new ethics reform package in New York City Tuesday afternoon.

A version of the bill was included in an Assembly Minority ethics reform package and did not make it into the budget.

In February, Cuomo sought to include his entire ethics reform package in his 30 - day budget amendments and tied some of the measures to spending provisions — a move that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie at the time questioned.

A real ethics reform package would include these four reforms:

In January, the governor made closing the LLC loophole a key plank of his government ethics reform package.

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.

Lawmakers on Monday said they expected Republicans to remain opposed to public financing, but did not rule out a different ethics reform package that includes tightening anti-bribery and corruption laws.

The push for voter registration reform, namely making it easier to register to vote, was first proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State address as part of his broader ethics reform package introduced at the time.

Three groups, Citizens Union, Common Cents / NY and NYPIRG, have asked lawmakers to sign a Clean Conscience Pledge to vote for a three - prong ethics reform package.

The governor is promising to introduce his own ethics reform package before the legislative session ends in June.

On Tuesday, the second - term lawmaker also slammed lawmakers in both houses for failing to include pension forfeiture bills in ethics reform packages earlier this year.

Passed a comprehensive ethics reform package to restore integrity to State government.

«What I regret is that we haven't done an ethics reform package that I was very aggressive in trying to pursue a few years ago,» Smith told reporters.

An ethics reform package has passed vitrually every year Cuomo has been in office.

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.

A spokesman for New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo says the governor still plans to pursue an ethics reform package during the remainder of the legislative session, after news of a federal probe into actions by Cuomo's former top aide and the governor's ongoing economic development programs.

In his first two years in office, Cuomo the Younger closed a $ 10 billion deficit, signed an ethics reform package, and legalized same - sex marriage.

Cuomo has yet to request the Legislature send him an ethics reform package he personally designed and pushed the Legislature to pass in June with the assistance of a message of necessity he issued, three knowledgeable legislative sources tell Gotham Gazette.

Fred LeBrun writes Cuomo is «dead wrong» if he thinks passing an ethics reform package in the wake of the scandals will help state government's image with the public.

The measure has also been included in the Democratic Conference's ethics reform package.

The groups wrote Cuomo a letter and are requesting that the governor meet with legislative leaders to work out an ethics reform package that includes restructuring of the Board.

Lawmakers» hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

«We are reviewing them with members,» Whyland continued, «and we continue to negotiate in good faith on all of the issues — including the ethics reform package.

The pilot program was created as part of settlement between Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

Lawmakers hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Governor Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

The pilot program was created as part of a settlement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

The ethics reform package announced by Governor Cuomo today doesn't reform.

This increase was explicitly linked by Gov. Mario Cuomo to an ethics reform package that required lawmakers to disclose some details about their outside employment and limit the types of work they could perform for clients.

With one good - government leader calling this session Albany's «Watergate moment,» a lawmaker from the Hudson Valley has introduced an ethics reform package trying to create distance between those who seek to influence the law and those who make the laws.

One of the final pieces to come together was an ethics reform package, which will provide greater disclosure of lawmaker's outside income.

Cuomo is threatening to make the budget late over an ethics reform package that the governor is seeking.

Whether Albany will finally pass an ethics reform package with teeth remains to be seen, but some lawmakers are trying.

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.

Jim Gaughran, the Democratic opponent of Republican Sen. Carl Marcellino on Thursday is set to release an ethics reform package aimed at campaign finance reform and recalling elected officials whose actions impact taxpayers.

A coalition of good - government groups on Wednesday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto the ethics reform package of this year's legislative session, arguing the measure aimed at requiring greater transparency for non-profit organizations goes too far and was poorly constructed.

The ethics reform package needed in Albany, NY points to one thing above all else, from the Governor on down, transparency is required to eliminate doubt about illegal activities.

In addition to putting his ethics reform package in the budget, Cuomo has also added other policy items to the state spending plan, including education changes.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he disagrees with Cuomo's attempts to link unrelated policy items, like education issues and an ethics reform package to the state budget.

«We are reviewing them with members and we continue to negotiate in good faith with the governor on all of the issues, including an ethics reform package.»

After he actually became governor, Cuomo reiterated his threat, using it as a verbal cudgel with which to beat legislators into passing his ethics reform package.