Sentences with phrase «ethics violations on»

Rangel was found guilty of 11 counts of ethics violations on Tuesday and, in response, the leaders rallied in support of the Democrat Senator in front of the «Civil Rights Church,» breaking spontaneously into a somber rendition of the protest song «We Shall Overcome.»

In short, he has too much at stake to chance an ethics violation on a venture that might never work out.

Not exact matches

«On May 24 2011, Fifa executive committee member and Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer reported to Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke possible violations of the Fifa code of ethics allegedly committed by officials,» a Fifa statement read.

Ethics Violations Allegations of violation to this code of ethics brought - forth on any good - standing member of the IACSC should be submitted in writing to the IACSC Ethics Committee.

If this already compromised Moreland Commission on Corruption is not willing to investigate the second highest elected official in the executive branch for what appears to be a clear violations of the ethics laws, they should pack up and go home.»

The Conservative Party spoke on Friday night — they can no longer tolerate the buying and selling of power that is a violation of ethics, if not laws, and that's detrimental to voters who pay taxes.

Four NYC workers punished for ethics violations include a vehicle - fleet manager who admitted using an agency car to drive his mom to a Pier 1 Imports store in Freeport on Black Friday to shop for a chair, according to the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

It is simply not credible that Mr. Agata, who was Governor Cuomo's lawyer and represented him on ethics issues, can objectively investigate potential ethical violations by the governor or his political enemies.

Mr. Rangel's campaign spokesman, Bob Liff, also released a lengthy statement today on the congressman's behalf seeking to clarify the record surrounding his ethics violations:

The six - member board of the umbrella New York Empowerment Zone, which includes Rangel, unanimously approved the money to Dominicana on June 29 — just weeks before the House charged the embattled Democratic lawmaker with a litany of ethics violations.

The investigation also found that Ponte, in violation of city ethics rules, drove his city - issued car 18,500 miles on trips to and from coastal Maine and billed taxpayers for gas and tolls.

The state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which polices violations of state ethics law, is effectively controlled by Cuomo's office.

The House Committee on Standards and Official Conduct — which has been investigating the allegations levied against Rep. Charlie Rangel — has charged the so - called Dean of the New York Delegation with several ethics violations.

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.

(CNN)- The House Ethics Committee will hold a formal hearing on alleged violations by Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat forced to step aside as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this year over ethics questions, a senior Democratic source told CNN on Thursday.

Since then, he's faced mostly token opposition until 2010, when four Democratic opponents ran against him, hoping to capitalize on his presumed weakness stemming from his ethics violations in Congress.

George Pataki's wife, Libby, employed a driver and a personal valet without declaring it on personal financial forms, a violation of ethics rules.

«We are pleased to finally see some long overdue enforcement take place,» Citizens» Union said, while also calling on JCOPE to exercise «even - handed and fair - minded vigilance in pursuing any and all possible ethics violations that are within its purview, regardless of where they may lead.»

The Court of Appeals has accepted a determination by the Commission on Judicial Conduct that Alan Simon, a judge in Ramapo, Spring Valley and Hillburn, should be removed from the bench for violations of judicial ethics.

Blatter was suspended for 90 days by FIFA on October 8 and then banned from the game for eight years last month for ethics violations over a # 1.35 m payment FIFA made to Michel Platini with Blatter's approval in 2011.

A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats» election - year outlook.

In a sometimes rambling speech, the New York Democrat defiantly challenged the House ethics committee to move faster on holding a public hearing on the 13 counts of alleged violations against him.

The board voted 4 - 0 that Schopf, a Republican and an attorney who is an elected at - large representative for Clifton Park on the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, is considered a town official under Clifton Park's ethics code and as such should not appear in town court representing clients cited for town code violations, or those who have received vehicle or traffic tickets.

In 2010, Rangel was censured by his House colleagues for a raft of ethics violations, including failing to pay taxes on rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic.

Schopf is not facing any penalties for ethics code violations because he proactively asked the board for its opinion on the matter.

Silver warned in a letter on Wednesday that he is implementing further sanctions against Kellner due to additional allegations of sexual harassment and other violations, including trying to interefere with an ethics survey and continuing to employ an intern.

Oh, but wait, Charlie Rangel is indicted on 13 counts of ethics violations and it gets regulated to a lesser headline.

On May 2, 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that Villaraigosa was under investigation for ethics violations.

Four New York City workers punished for ethics violations include a vehicle - fleet manager who admitted using an agency car to drive his mom to a Pier 1 Imports store in Freeport on Black Friday to shop for a chair, according to the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

Kauffmann's resignation comes a day after New York's Commission on Public Integrity charged Paterson with an ethics violation for accepting free tickets to the first game of last year's World Series.

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.

Representative Charles B. Rangel, in the Capitol on Monday, has given no hint about his plans after being found guilty of ethics violations.

Government reformers say with a burgeoning scandal involving potential violations of campaign limits in Democratic Senate races in 2014, and the scheduled sentencing of the two former leaders of the legislature in early May, it's time to focus on ethics fixes.

(CNN)- An ethics committee in South Carolina on Friday cleared Republican Governor Nikki Haley of ethics violations.

MANHATTAN — Rep. Charles Rangel was found guilty Tuesday on 11 counts of ethics violations, a House panel found.

Harlem's legendary Rep. Charles Rangel was censured by the House of Representatives for a series of ethics violations, including failing to pay taxes on rental revenue from a home he owned in the Dominican Republic.

House of Representatives investigators accused the longtime Harlem legislator of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards at the end of July, including failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income and assets on his financial disclosure statements.

The 80 - year - old Rangel is fighting five challengers and an ethics trial in the House later this month on 13 alleged violations.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

Washington (CNN)- A House ethics subcommittee found Rep. Charlie Rangel, D - New York, guilty Monday on multiple violations of House rules.

As anyone in the business knows, it is a violation of the code of ethics to reveal what a seller has accepted for an offer on a property.

(See «PA House majority leader Turzai took $ 3,000 from pigeon shooters, killed vote on pigeon shooting, but will not be investigated for alleged ethics violations,» http://wp.me/p4pKmM-Vu.)

to churn out papers without so much as putting my name as an author on the paper, and even if it's possible to sort out any potential ethics violation and get myself credit I'm now long past due for getting tenure and SOL.

Just seems to me to be a huge ethics violation (at least conflict of interest) on behalf of Steig.

Technology, however, evolves more quickly than the law, and Groupon has left lawyers wondering if they will face ethics violations for advertising and selling services on the site.

In federal court, Laura has successfully argued a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging violations of the securities laws based on an issue of first impression: whether statements in companies» codes of ethics are actionable.

Which led Marshall to expand on his theory as to why White House Law Bloggergate (yeah, I made that up, and it's unwieldy, but I don't think it's an ethics violation) was a real issue.

The continued focus on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on conduct by affiliated entities of US corporations impacts our investigations work, as we know that ethics issues that arise need to be viewed not just as potential violations of local law and not just as local employment - or labor - issues, but need to be reviewed and addressed with the scrutiny applicable in the US under our corporate ethics standard.

First, Hull's open ended way of asking business — by seeking input on how he can help them — allows him to steer clear of ethics violations because he's not selling a specific, he's asking how he can be most useful were he to represent the company.

These Bar Associations depend on required fees to regulate the profession, to write ethics opinions, to investigate violations of the rules.