Sentences with phrase «fighting public corruption»

He ha's also been a leader in fighting public corruption, especially Buffalo Police Department cases, and pushing hard against the opioid crisis in the area.

Nassau District Attorney - elect Madeline Singas returned to work at the DA's Mineola office Wednesday, hours after her election night victory, vowing to uphold her campaign's loudest pledge of fighting public corruption.

Singas campaigned on fighting public corruption, touting recent probes of the county contract system and state lawmakers» travel.

At noon, as part of a statewide campaign to educate New Yorkers about fighting public corruption with small donor matching funds, the Fair Elections Campaign is holding «A Penny a Day Keeps Corruption Away» event, Capital Park, Albany.

AG - elect Eric Schneiderman pledged during the campaign to make fighting public corruption a central focus of his tenure as the state's top attorney.

Forty - eight percent of respondents said fighting public corruption is the top issue for the incoming district attorney to address.

Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice said it would be «dangerous» to put the responsibility of fighting public corruption in the hands of her AG opponent, Sen. Eric Schneiderman.

GOP Staten Island DA Dan Donovan pledged to make fighting public corruption the focus of his AG campaign.

Democratic AG hopeful Sean Coffey welcomed Staten Island DA Dan Donovan to the race today with a strongly - worded statement that deems the Republican «ill - prepared» to fight public corruption and take on Wall Street.

«By cooperating and sharing our diverse expertise and resources, we've created a strong collaboration to fight public corruption,» said state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Schneiderman was loath to admit in 2011 that he had been rebuffed when he asked Cuomo for expanded powers to fight public corruption, which Cuomo denied.

CU was kinder to Donovan, saying he «was impressive in his own right» and «creative» in his plans to fight public corruption from the AG's office.

«We will continue to fight public corruption wherever we find it.»

Singas has shown she's willing to fight public corruption and stop the pay - to - play culture corroding the public's faith in government.

In light of the recent announcement by DiNapoli and AG Eric Schneiderman that they will be teaming up to fight public corruption, it's a fair assumption any findings from the SUNY Foundation audit would be referred to the AG's office.

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Our request meets the requirements of Proclamation 7750 because grand corruption in Nigeria including the alleged stealing of public funds meant to fight Boko Haram, has had serious adverse effects on U.S. foreign assistance goals in the country and undermined the stability of democratic institutions.»

Joshua Lafazan, who in 2012 became the youngest public office holder in state history when he was elected at 18 to the Syosset school board, kicked off his campaign for the Nassau Legislature, vowing to bring young energy to fight political corruption and restore the county's fiscal integrity.

It will enable Parliament to help in the fight against corruption and thereby protect the public purse.

And Cuomo, who still hasn't told the public about what he knew of Silver's and Skelos» illegal activities as he shuttered the doors on the corruption - fighting Moreland Commission, is clearly the runner - up as Loser of the Year — with talk increasing that he'll face a challenge in the Democratic primary should he seek re-election in 2018.

Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Benito Romano said, «Attorney General Schneiderman understands that New Yorkers not only need stronger enforcement tools for fighting corruption, but also systemic reforms that make public service more transparent and ethical, allowing honest, hard - working public servants to thrive.

In the other four categories, job creation, fighting corruption, public education and government efficiency, the governor received more bad marks than good marks.

The roundtable will assess the on - going fight against corruption, and is expected to come up with key programme agenda for among others mobilising Nigerians to get involved in the fight against corruption, and agenda for increasing the tempo of the anti-corruption fight including by revisiting outstanding cases of high - level official corruption and prosecuting high - ranking public officials.

«SERAP also believes the recommended approach would help to address the growing public suspicion and pessimism about your government's ability to fight high - level official corruption to a standstill, and to avoid any collateral consequences.

It is absolutely important that the public should have complete confidence and trust in your Administration's oft - repeated commitment to fight corruption and the impunity of perpetrators.»

Sean will work effectively to prosecute public corruption and fight against intolerance by defending minority communities throughout the state.

A math war is being waged over public financing of state political campaigns, one of the most contentious proposals to fight New York's epidemic of public corruption.

Cuomo's pick to chair the Commission on Public Integrity, Mitra Hormozi, is a longtime ally of the governor with experience in fighting corruption.

Legislative leaders fought to keep the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, from subpoenaing records from their firms and others that employ legislators that would detail the extent of their work and their exact clients.

Weitz & Luxenberg joined other law firms that employ lawmakers in fighting against subpoenas from the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption that sought records of what legislators — including the speaker — were doing for their outside earnings.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

In a dizzying year that saw the public corruption convictions of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and Skelos at the hands of Bharara's office, what better candidate to run in Skelos» old district than a former prosecutor with a record of fighting corruption like Kaminsky?

The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.

«Our unfinished fight against public corruption continues.

Cuomo was originally elected in 2010 on a promise to fight corruption, and in 2013 he created the Moreland Commission «to address weaknesses in the State's public corruption, election and campaign finance laws, generate transparency and accountability, and restore the public trust.»

Such bold initiative would also improve public confidence in the fight against corruption.»

This educational forum will bring expert panelists and the public together to discuss why there is a crime wave of corruption in Albany and what can be done to fight back and change the capitol's ethics.»

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

And Buhari's promise to fight corruption, insecurity and unemployment during electioneering has provided the public with a benchmark for assessing his administration's performance so far.

Adeosun explained that the policy was expected to «Increase exposure of financial or financial related crimes; support the fight against financial crimes and corruption; improved level of public confidence in public entities; enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public funds; improve Nigeria's Open Government Ranking and Ease of Doing Business Indicators; and recover public funds that can be deployed to finance Nigeria's infrastructure deficit.»

Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement issued in Ado - Ekiti on Thursday that Governor Fayose advised President Buhari to tackle the collapsed economy of the country headlong instead of going from one country to another, casting aspersion on Nigerians with his sing - song of fighting corruption.

He said further, «I need not mention the serious effort we have engaged in since the inception of this administration on the fight against corruption in our public life.

Also, a Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, described the APC's short list of names of alleged looters as an «anticlimax» after about three years of talking about fighting corruption and looting of public funds.

Mr Amidu was on Thursday nominated as Ghana's first Special Prosecutor by President Nana Akufo - Addo, a new office created to fight public sector corruption.

Perhaps, the most far - reaching measure Nana Addo plans to institute in his fight against corruption is his vow to create a special, independent Public Prosecutor's Office to deal with issues of corruption when they come up.

We would like to ask the CID and other institutions involved in resolving this issue to expedite action on the matter in order to show that we can win the fight against corruption and to restore public confidence in the institutions of state.

«And so our unfinished fight against public corruption continues.

Since 2011, Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Schneiderman have worked together to fight corruption through their Joint Task Force on Public Integrity.

«In our commitment to assist this government to fight corruption, we must stand on our feet that every spirit of our law must be obeyed by those holding public offices.

So Senate Republicans could be accused of helping pay Skelos» to fight off public corruption charges in an election year, if they pay ante up the final $ 50,000, sources said.

The case also exposed many deficiencies in the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, a body that Cuomo touted in 2011 as an historic step toward fighting corruption.