Sentences with phrase «ethics scandals»

That's the on going ethics scandals that's led both leaders of the legislature to resign their posts this session over corruption charges.
«However,» wrote Squadron, «it's critical the Loophole be closed for the Legislature, especially given the central role the Loophole has played in ethics scandals in both houses.
NEW YORK CITY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial handling of ethics scandals in Albany earned him low marks from voters and dropped his approval rating to its lowest ever, according to the results of a new poll from Quinnipiac University.
Nassau has faced persistent budget deficits, and in recent years has been hit by ethics scandals even beyond Mangano's.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday named to the state's ethics commission Jim Yates, a former Assembly counsel under ex-Speaker Sheldon Silver and a key player in one of the biggest legislative ethics scandals in recent memory.
To the north in the 15th CD, the Times chose Joyce Johnson over Rep. Charlie Rangel, who it clearly could not support, given its role in the reporting on the embattled Harlem congressman's multiple ethics scandals.
During the first of two hearings on Capitol Hill on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator faced tough questions from House Democrats over his myriad ethics scandals and deregulatory fervor.
For what it's worth, I haven't seen Paterson go out of his way to assist Cuomo, who, after all, has tapped former Chief Judge Judith Kaye to investigate the governor for the David Johnson and Yankees tickets ethics scandals.
In contrast, Andrew Cuomo has been embroiled in repeated ethics scandals and has done nothing to reduce New York's cancerous welfare and Medicaid programs.
2007 09 05 Iviewit letter to Eliot Spitzer as Governor of New York to begin immediate investigation in light of the unfolding ethics scandal at the Supreme Court of New York Appellate Division First Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee and Thomas J. Cahill and request to reopen all Iviewit cases against members of the department and those involved in the theft of Iviewit Intellectual properties.
Jerry Kremer, former Assembly Ways and Means chairman and co-author of «Patronage, Waste and Favoritism: A Dark History of Constitutional Conventions,» believes voters will reject a convention despite frustration with ethics scandals.
«But since he is claiming a newfound appreciation for transparency, we are calling on him to fully disclose the information he has been hiding from the public on the myriad of real ethics scandals he is facing.»
Curran's camp has sought at every turn to tie Martins to various ethics scandals, including the one that ousted former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos from office.
(Rangel, as you'll recall, really wanted to help flip the House back into his party's hands so he could chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee — a post he lost as a result of his own ethics scandal).
«Congressional ethics scandals are taking a toll on the perception of Republicans in these swing districts,» concludes Jon Lerner, the pollster who conducted the survey.
Back in 1987, a spate of ethics scandals led the first Governor Cuomo to appoint a Moreland Commission of his own, which he called the New York State Commission on Government Integrity, but later came to be known as the Feerick commission (after the Fordham law dean who chaired it).
Cuomo hasn't had a serious primary challenger since February, when Gov. Paterson, beset by twin ethics scandals, announced he wouldn't run.
Every institutional ethics scandal — Watergate, the 2008 Financial Crisis, Enron, the Savings and Loan Scandal, the Daily Mail hacking scandal — prompts the question: where were the lawyers?
ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday named to the state's ethics commission a key player in one of the biggest legislative ethics scandals in recent memory.
State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs just issued a statement slamming labor activist Jonathan Tasini for criticizing his new primary target, Rep. Charlie Rangel, and saying the veteran Harlem pol's multiple ethics scandals will be an anchor around the necks of the party's candidates nationwide.
Rangel chafed at comparisons between between this year's race, his own victory in 1970, when, as a young Assemblyman, he ousted a popular incumbent congressman who had been hobbled by ethics scandal: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr..
«But as they improve, and they move on from the ethics scandal to focusing on execution [of projects], we expect that that would ensure positive results into 2014.»
The two aides to the embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief left their posts this week, following two congressional hearings last week where Pruitt was questioned over his ethics scandals and deregulatory agenda.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is testifying in potentially make - or - break hearings on Capitol Hill, where he will face questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered...
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faces potentially make - or - break hearings today on Capitol Hill, where he is expected to be peppered with questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered bipartisan calls for his ouster.
Rep. Charlie Rangel may be 81, but he apparently has no plan to retire — something that has been widely speculated, particularly after his ethics scandal and censure last year.
Both of them were speculated to be eyeing a potential run for Rangel's seat if the congressman decided to step down and / or not seek re-election due to his ethics scandal.
Dean Heller left the seat in May when Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed him to replace former Republican Sen. John Ensign, who resigned amid an ethics scandal.
On process, Governor Cuomo's ultimatum that he would not approve a budget unless it included his ethics reform agenda drew a much - needed line in the sand to counter the consistent parade of ethics scandals that have plagued Albany.
And speaking of ethics, I don't know that the endorsement of a person whose involvement in an ethics scandal was central to her departure from government is an endorsement I'd want.
Bishop, who has been office since 2002, is considered vulnerable this year following an ethics scandal over securing a fireworks permit for a constituent.
«It's unfortunate we need an entire website to point out his lies, ethics scandals, and real record as one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress, but that is what we have come to expect from running against a convicted felon,» Proud continued.
Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, became the frontrunner when embattled Gov. David Paterson ended his campaign amid an ethics scandal — one week after he had formally launched his campaign.
The failure of Albany to clean up its ongoing — and seemingly unending — ethics scandals was again in the news last week.
Astorino» s spokeswoman accused Cuomo of being «terrified» of a one on one TV debate, saying he does not want to be on camera discussing an ethics scandal in the administration that is now being probed by the US Attorney.
Some say, however, that the ethics scandal is providing an opening, albeit a small one, for Astorino.
He chaired the powerful tax - writing committee, ways and means, until a House of Representatives censure following an ethics scandal stripped him of his chairmanship and clout.
President Obama in 2010 said he was troubled by Rangel's ethics scandal and hoped he would retire «with dignity.»
NEW YORK — Forty years ago, a Harlem political legend named Adam Clayton Powell Jr. refused to step down from his House seat in the face of an ethics scandal.
New York state government has had no shortage of ethics scandals, but has had a deficiency in active, effective bodies to prevent, punish, and root out bad behavior among elected and appointed officials.
Meanwhile, in races for the U.S. House, Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, the gravelly - voiced New York City congressman whose career has already lasted more than four decades despite the taint of an ethics scandal, overcame demographic changes in his district to win a chance at a 22nd term on Tuesday.
«We know he doesn't like to pay his bills or his taxes, but despite that, we are proud of our 2 - 1 fundraising advantage over him that will help us expose his liberal record and long list of ethics scandals.,» Donovan spokeswoman Jessica Proud said.
Now, demographics and enrollment are decidedly and perhaps fatally against any Republican running for a statewide office, but Gibson's cause could be strengthened if the ethics scandal gets much larger or much closer to Cuomo.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in the fall of 2014 that any effort to pass paid leave would have to wait until the state had passed a suite of bills codifying a woman's right to secure an abortion into the state's health code, and later Cuomo said the Legislature, mired in ethics scandals, «lacked the appetite» to consider paid leave.
Several charter schools have been linked to ethics scandals, including nepotism and embezzlement.
(Los Angeles Times) • The conservative publication The Weekly Standard calls on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign over his ethics scandals.
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