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State ethics regulators on Wednesday released a report that offered a scathing assessment not just of Mr. Lopez but also of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, and his staff.
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Outgoing Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy on Monday said he will adhere to any guidance offered by ethics regulators when it comes to his new post as the CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance.
The report released on Monday by lobbying and ethics regulators found the top lobbying entities this year so far have been the New York State Nurses Association, which spent $ 2.3 million — nearly double than what the group spent in the first six months of last year.
An opinion from the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found Lee would not have to reimburse the state for rides on state aircraft as long as it is being used for state business.
A group that pushed for the education investment tax credit spent more than $ 5 million on the effort, according to a report from lobbying and ethics regulators released on Thursday.
The report released by ethics and lobbying regulators on Thursday found the 2015 lobbying compensation was a 17 percent increase in New York over 2014.
Catsimatidis in the radio interview with Talk 1300's Fred Dicker said he had not spoken to Cuomo about the bill and that it was his idea to contact ethics regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to receive approval for the trip.
Only 8 percent of voters said they trusted the often - maligned Joint Commission on Public Ethics, a lobbying and ethics regulator which has appointees of the governor and legislative leaders.
After the Moreland Commission fiasco it would seem Gov. Cuomo can see the merit of making sure anyone appointed to the ethics review panel, as members of a review commission charged with reporting on the workings of the ethics regulators be above politics.
A coalition of good - government groups on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to not stock a review commission charged with reporting on the workings of the ethics regulators with the «usual suspects» who will rubberstamp any findings.
The Legislature in 2011 adopted an ethics overhaul measure that required greater disclosure of sources of outside income for state elected officials, as well as the creation of the latest lobbying regulator, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.
The New York Public Interest Research Group on Monday lodged a complaint with ethics regulators over what it believes is an increase in lobby by the state's political parties.
Republican John DeFrancisco urged the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics on Monday to sack its executive director, Seth Agata, over what the state lawmaker is an unwillingness to investigate Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Though Albany is reeling from yet another corruption scandal, the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics didn't discuss the case at their meeting.
Ride - hailing firm Uber Technologies was the top lobbying spender for the first half of 2017, a report released Wednesday by the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo received the OK from the top lobbying and ethics regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to take a billionaire donor's plane to the Virgin Islands to survey hurricane damage.
David Grandeau, an Albany - area consultant who spent years as the state's top lobbying regulator, is advising the authority on «updating and amending» its code of ethics and financial - disclosure policies, according to Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesman.
AFP recently reached a $ 70,000 settlement with the state's lobbying and ethics regulator, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, over Adam Skelos» hiring.
The charter calls on trial sponsors, regulators and ethics committees to offer support to those with communication or mobility problems that might hamper their participation.
For both application of existing rules and the promulgation of new ones, state regulators are being guided somewhat by national bodies — mainly the American Bar Association — but as the world of legal ethics evolves along with technology, there remains a need to consult local authorities on all ethics rules.
With the rapid pace of technological innovation, it is no wonder that ethics regulators have struggled recently in attempting to stay current on technological trends.
However, ethics regulators are doing more — much more — than punishing lawyers for behavior brought on by their disabilities.
Although lawyers have long relied on banks to hold client trust funds, ethics regulators never weighed in on whether one bank was more secure than another; banks remained subject to regulation by the FDIC and other agencies because banking issues are beyond the scope of ethics regulators» jurisdictions.
Assuming that regulators can produce ethics opinions that are high quality and helpful (on this latter quality it will be essential that ethics opinions are not overly protectionist or conservative), this is one tool worth considering.
When a law firm does it, a legal regulator is unlikely to question it, on the grounds that it is not related to legal ethics.
I recently posted on Attorney at Work about the latest threat to client confidentiality — the specter of random trust account audits by California ethics regulators.
Proprietary vs. provincial codes of ethics Prior to insisting on a mandatory ethics course for all licensees, a province's self - regulator ought to first have fully articulated a distinct provincial code of ethics.