Sentences with phrase «first ethics enforcement»

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The issue first came to light in a leaked memorandum from the independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections, Risa Sugarman, a position formed in 2014 following an ethics agreement in the budget and the shuttering of the Moreland Commission, a panel formed to investigate corruption in the Legislature.

DiFiore presided over the first 16 months of the commission's existence after Cuomo pushed an ethics enforcement overhaul in Albany.

In particular, he wants it to create a state ethics control board that is independent and has «robust enforcement powers» over both the Legislature and the governor's offices.If that doesn't happen in the first six months, Mr. Cuomo says he will indeed allow Mr. Schneiderman's office to become Albany's one - stop, anti-sleaze operation.

DiFiore presided over the first 16 months of the commission's existence after Cuomo pushed an ethics enforcement overhaul.