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Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino discusses his ethics reform plan on Friday, July 21, 2017.

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a five - point ethics reform plan on Monday and threatened a government shutdown if he does not get his way.

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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.

«They are hoping New Yorkers forget that they themselves all voted «no» on some of these exact issues and more, including crucial protections for Planned Parenthood, a single payer health plan, strong ethics, and voting reforms.

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.

Nassau GOP county executive nominee Jack Martins rolls out his ethics reform and anti-corruption plans on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Mineola.

Reform groups are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo an A for effort on his ethics proposals, but they say some of them need to go further, and Cuomo needs to follow through and actually get the plans enacted into law.

In mid-March, Heastie and Cuomo announced a two - way agreement on ethics reform, which included a pension forfeiture plan for corrupt officials.

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.

But Cuomo says he still wants the Senate to agree to the plan and for it to be approved along with the state budget, and he said previously that he will make the budget late if there's no three way deal on ethics, as well as other issues like education reform.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino believes state lawmakers should spend less time in Albany and less time in office, period, according to a 10 - point ethics reform plan he rolled out statewide on Monday.

On Wednesday, with only four days remaining of this year's legislative session, Cuomo announced a new prong to his ethics reform agenda: an ambitious plan to better regulate the activities of political action committees and limit the impact of shadowy independent expenditures that he says are all too often not actually independent from the candidate they are supporting.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing his latest plan for ethics reform in appearances all around the state, following the arrest of the former Assembly speaker on corruption charges.

Despite the arrest of the leaders of both houses of the legislature on corruption charges, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers say they have no plans to pass any additional ethics reforms this session.

Reform groups are giving Governor Cuomo an A for effort on his ethics proposals, but they say some of them need to go further, and Cuomo needs to follow through and actually get the plans enacted into law.

On other government ethics reform, the budget did not ban outside income for state legislators as the governor had planned.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing his latest plan for ethics reform in appearances all around the state, following the arrest of the former Assembly Speaker on corruption charges.

He suggested that it hewed closely to a five - point plan he unveiled last month, which included enhanced disclosure requirements, per diem reform, a ban on personal use of campaign funds, and stiffer penalties for ethics violations.

Cuomo on Monday said he would not sign a budget for the state this year that doesn't include a plan for legislative ethics reform.

Despite a vocal push from good - government groups, the Legislature didn't act on an ethics - reform plan before the session ended in June.

ALBANY — Calling his government reform proposal «the whole loaf,» «the ultimate remedy,» «the most aggressive ethics reform we've ever seen» and «the most dramatic and aggressive [package] in the country,» Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday reiterated his suggestion he could shut down the government if legislators don't approve a state budget that includes the plan.

We've heard a lot about the new teacher evaluation plan, school aid and ethics reforms but this week on New York NOW we'll take a look at what a small fraction of the $ 142 billion spending plan is helping create - a logger training program.

But it criticized his planned cap on elected official's outside income as «a poor excuse for ethics reform.»

But more voters place importance on passing the state budget than they do on passing the ethics reforms Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will require for on - time approval of the spending plan.

But legislative leaders say despite the on going corruption scandals, they have no plans to address any additional ethics reforms.