Sentences with phrase «for legislative ethics»

Cuomo on Monday said he would not sign a budget for the state this year that doesn't include a plan for legislative ethics reform.

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In part, this is because of the give and take of the legislative process, a give and take for which the absolute commands of religious ethics are ill - matched.

In our first year, we passed sweeping ethics reform, opened the books on Senate expenditures for the first time in history, and made every legislative action the Senate takes available to the public.»

Cuomo approved what was widely considered to be the ethics bill of the legislative session, a measure designed to address the Citizens United era of super PAC political spending, as well new requirements for lobbyists and consultants.

At 9:30 a.m., an hour before former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is sentenced for corrupting his office, government watchdog groups will weigh in on the heightened need for ethics reform before the end of the legislative session, Foley Square, intersection of Lafayette, Worth, and Centre streets, Manhattan.

Cuomo has insisted ethics reform remains a top priority for lawmakers at the end of the legislative session.

Cuomo has been negotiating behind closed doors with legislative leaders over an ethics bill for weeks now (much to the chargin of the NY Times editorial page, which called over the weekend for these talks to go public).

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

Did passage of the state budget signal the end of Albany's legislative session for 2017, or will other matters, including ethics reform, get done before the lawmakers adjourn in June?

An ethics bill signed this past summer puts ethics investigations for both the legislative and executive branches in the hands of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Koch, through his good - government group New York Uprising, released lists Thursday of how candidates responded to his call for legislative district boundaries to be drawn by a nonpartisan commission, tougher governmental ethics rules and a better budget process.

Tedisco also became the first Capital Region lawmaker to sign the «Clean Conscience Pledge» (photo attached) sponsored by Common Cause NY to support real ethics reform that includes closing the LLC Loophole for campaign finance reform, full disclosure in how legislative leaders spend tax dollars, and limiting outside income for legislators to reduce conflicts of interest.

With the legislative session down to the wire, groups for and against bills, including expansion of Uber ride services and ethics reform, came to the Capitol to make their voices heard.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today outlined his ethics reform agenda for the 2015 legislative session at the NYU School of Law in New York City.

Bharara said a key impetus for the prosecutions was the decision of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the two leaders to kill a Moreland Commission investigating legislative ethics.

«Patchwork fixes to Albany's damaged ethics system won't get the job done,» said DeNora M. Getachew, Campaign Manager & Legislative Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says in a legislative session in which the leaders of the state Assembly and Senate are both indicted on corruption charges, the need for ethics reform in Albany is shockingly clear.

In fact, for the rest of the legislative session, the governor and the legislative leaders ignored the growing chorus calling for new ethics measures.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tamped down hopes for a special session of the legislature before the year ends, saying legislative leaders have still not agreed to ethics reforms that the governor is seeking.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a 1,600 - word statement last week outlining his priorities for various state - level ethics reforms for the upcoming legislative session that begins in January.

With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform.

The county executive also served on the now - defunct corruption - busting Moreland Commission, which drew the attention of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara after the governor shut it down early in exchange for an ethics reform deal with legislative leaders.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tamped down hopes for a special session of the legislature before the year ends, saying legislative leaders have still not agreed to ethics reforms that the governor is seeking.

A civic coalition seeking to improve how Albany governs is asking incumbents and candidates for state office this year to pledge publicly to back strict fiscal controls on state spending, stronger ethics and financial disclosure regulations, and a nonpartisan system for drawing legislative and Congressional districts.

Flyers sent this week accuse Rivera of «Playing Us For Fools» and excerpts heavily from the June 21 New York Times editorial, «The Old Albany Hustle,» which criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders for failing to enact any meaningful ethics reforms this yeFor Fools» and excerpts heavily from the June 21 New York Times editorial, «The Old Albany Hustle,» which criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders for failing to enact any meaningful ethics reforms this yefor failing to enact any meaningful ethics reforms this year.

Last year, with ten days remaining in legislative session and confronted with a major ethics reform proposal from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters, «Let me make this as a blanket statement: It is late in the day for anything.»

«Our candidates including John Flynn for District Attorney, and our state legislative candidates Monica Wallace, Amber Small, Tom Loughran and Steve Meyer exemplify the progressive values of the Democratic Party and our commitment to ethics and reform in government.

Republicans in the New York State Senate are in talks with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about legislative ethics reforms as demands for changes mount after the recent arrest of the former Assembly speaker.

The opening day of the legislative session featured talk of ethics reform, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo chose to be elsewhere, putting off his traditional State of the State message for another week, and giving speeches in Syracuse and New York City instead.

The AG, who pledged in 2006 to be the Sheriff of State Street, is reportedly reluctant to formally announce his campaign for governor until after he clears his plate of all matters related to legislative ethics to avoid the poor optics of running against a Legislature with which he'll have to work.

They discuss how this year's legislative session worked out, the tendency for governors to wrap legislation into the annual budget, ethics and public confidence in government, as well as the Syracuse mayoral race.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for a comprehensive overhaul of legislative ethics, and used Thursday's news to remind lawmakers of his threat to convene a panel of special prosecutors if they do not act before June.

Despite ethics issues — stemming from a ski trip to New York, the exchange of legislative assistance for campaign contributions, and the hiring of his wife as a campaign fund - raiser — Sweeney enjoys a double - digit lead.

Touted as the key ethics measure approved at the end of the legislative session in June, the bill has been opposed by good - government organizations for failing to address the root causes of corruption in state government and placing an overdue burden on non-profit entities.

Post-budget legislative issues remain unresolved, however, including agreements on combating heroin and opioid abuse, ethics reform as well as developing regulations for ride - hailing apps and daily fantasy sports.

JCOPE spokesman Walter McClure said it was «routine for JCOPE staff and the executive director to speak with executive and legislative officials, ethics officers and counsels and others from state agencies, and lobbyists and their clients as part of the commission's mandate to provide ethics guidance.»

The budget does not include ethics legislation such as a constitutional amendment for term limits or limiting legislative pay.

For nearly an hour on Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo defended the accomplishments of the legislative session and blamed the Legislature for high - profile disagreements over extending mayoral control of New York City and failing to achieve ethics refFor nearly an hour on Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo defended the accomplishments of the legislative session and blamed the Legislature for high - profile disagreements over extending mayoral control of New York City and failing to achieve ethics reffor high - profile disagreements over extending mayoral control of New York City and failing to achieve ethics reform

Despite the string of arrests doing little to help Albany's reputation for corruption, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the new state legislative leaders acknowledge there is little they can do to stem the arrests by passing new ethics and anti-corruption laws.

Good - government watchdogs on Monday continued to criticize Cuomo and the top legislative leaders for keeping ethics reforms out of the state budget this month.

Flanagan is getting involved in the race to keep former Sen. Dean Skelos» Long Island seat in Republican hands — blasting the Democratic candidate, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, for his backing of an ethics bill that would boost legislative pay.

Legislative leaders confirmed once and for all: There will be no ethics reform in this year's budget.

Schneiderman said he decided to go on his crusade when he heard that Cuomo and the new legislative leaders, after a meeting in mid-May, said that ethics reform was not a priority for them in the waning days of the session.

When the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) was formed just over one year ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had high hopes for an ethics panel that replaced a much - maligned former panel.

Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo released a nearly 1,600 - word statement outlining his ethics reform priorities for the legislative session that begins in January.

One theory: By going the legislative route, he could get political credit for «ethics reform» while hand - crafting a mechanism that resisted handing the power to investigate his business to a perceived rival — or anyone, for that matter, who he didn't control.

«And we're hoping this sends a message to the governor and the legislative leaders in Albany that now is the time for ethics reform.»

When the Joint Commission on Public Ethics was formed just over one year ago, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders had high hopes for an ethics panel that replaced a much maligned former panel.

Today Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off his statewide «People First» tour, during which he'll pitch the public on his three main legislative objectives for this session: ethics reform, a property tax cap, and marriage equality.

Meanwhile on Monday, Astorino unveiled a 10 - point ethics proposal, calling for term limits, a shorter legislative session and other changes that he says will help combat government corruption.