Sentences with phrase «for state ethics»

Among other things, the proposal calls for «wider authority» for the state ethics board to root out conflicts of interest by local government officials.

JCOPE members convene for a state ethics commission meeting Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

At a minimum, he called for a state ethics investigation since misusing the parking placard would be an abuse of power.

A government reform group is calling for a state ethics panel report to be made public, one day after the panel investigating charges against Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D - Brooklyn) sent a report to the legislative ethics committee.

New Yorkers spend millions of dollars for state ethics watchdogs, yet it has consistently been federal prosecutors who have brought justice to Albany.

She outlined her plan for state ethics reform in a Facebook post, in which she claimed New York State leads the nation in lawmakers in trouble with the law.

«The state spends millions of dollars for a state ethics watchdog.

The Independent Democratic Conference is calling for state ethics reform once again.

Not exact matches

A lawyer in Nebraska, US, will start to accept cryptocurrency for his practices after asking the state ethics board.

It is ok for the state to sponsor a group promoting drinking and drugs but not another promoting ethics?

In studying professional engineering, one is required to take a course in professional ethics, which is required material for the PE boards in all 50 states, to my knowledge.

The current state of law and «medical ethics» is redefining «choice» to include choices made for us by others.

The situation calls for the search for a new more holistic humanism and a common public ethic for state and social reform developed through dialogue of religions and secular ideologies.

PAK: Earlier I was speaking about the need to question and overturn the secularist ideology that finds its perfect expression in the axiomatic dogma of the separation of Church and State — the sort of critique Alasdair MacIntyre has pursued in the field of ethics for a long time now, but that the rest of the Church has been surprisingly slow to pick up on.

Much as the Study of Theological Education in the United States and Canada, directed by H. Richard Niebuhr in the 1950s, became an influential inquiry into the nature of the church and its ministry, so the Danforth study, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulation.

For example, it is not clear that his «new sex ethic» necessarily leads to the destruction of the family and the heightening of the state's power.

For to say that his sex ethic must still be compromised by commitment to the family as long as we do not have an institutionalized international state is a little like recommending partial pregnancy.

It ended with a shocking death, a devastated family, a tarnished reputation for a hospital, and growing concern about the state of ethics in Catholic health care.

Where Ecclesiastes found basis for his theory of ethics in such a philosophy is not stated, although it becomes apparent by careful study.

For Christians this was evident several years ago when the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States condemned even the possession of nuclear weapons as a violation of the just war ethic.

Furthermore, in 2003, an ACOG ethics committee stated that it is ethical for doctors to perform elective caesarean sections on pregnant women who face no known risks from vaginal delivery.

Most countries abide by the WHO code of ethics for formula marketing but our moms and babes in the states are not protected the same way.

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

«Even after a state ethics report criticized him for covering up allegations of sexual harassment against a powerful assemblyman, even after a prosecutor said his failure to act might have put other women at risk, even after a number of editorial boards called for his ouster, Mr. Silver is still standing strong.»

When his proposal to overhaul ethics at the state Capitol were met with shrugs by lawmakers, Astorino's top advisor blasted them in a column for Newsday.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

«The only way to determine whether or not the State's second ranking public official committed an ethics violation is for the Moreland Commission to conduct a thorough investigation,» Cox said.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

On ethics, Cuomo wasn't able to get at some of the issues that forced, say, Sheldon Silver from power, namely the ability for lawmakers to earn as much money as they'd like at law firms or other entities with potential business before the state.

In what will had more grist for the mill when it comes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for ethics reform in the state Legislature, Leibell was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.

Cuomo is touring the state drumming up support for a tax cap, same - sex marriage legalization and new ethics rules.

State lawmakers are expected to consider a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures when they return to Albany for the post-budget session next Tuesday.

He has also expressed support for term limits for state lawmakers (not just leadership positions) as a way to reduce corruption, but has been mostly silent on ethics reform otherwise.

An opinion from the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found Lee would not have to reimburse the state for rides on state aircraft as long as it is being used for state business.

The executive director of the state ethics commission, Seth Agata, isn't going anywhere — despite a call for his resignation or firing by DeFrancisco.

DeFrancisco, a Republican candidate for governor, called for the dismissal of Seth Agata, the executive director of the state's lobbying and ethics watchdog panel, JCOPE.

Top issues for state lawmakers to tackle when they return to Albany from their two - week spring break include NYC mayor's control, ethics reform and changes to the election laws.

The head of the state's Republican Party has filed a formal complaint with the state's public ethics commission, alleging that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his former top aide — Percoco, now on trial for bribery — broke the state's public officers law.

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.

In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

Governor Andrew Cuomo saved his ethics proposals for the last stop of his State of the State tour in Albany, where he released a 10 - point plan to address rampant corruption that has reached his own administration.

A November report from the reform group Reinvent Albany listed 11 measures Cuomo could take by executive order to make the state government more accountable, including putting government information and public meeting presentations online, imposing stronger ethics rules for executive branch employees and automating voter registration.

The head of the state's Republican Party has filed a formal complaint with the state's public ethics commission, alleging that Governor Cuomo and his top aide, Joe Percoco, now on trial for bribery, broke the state's public officers law.

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?

For instance, the Trump team has filed a lawsuit seeking a state ethics investigation of the New York attorney general.

And the head of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, renewed calls for probes by the Manhattan district attorney's office and state ethics commission on whether Cuomo himself was involved any wrongdoing.

Attorney General Schneiderman praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics reform as part of the State budget process, but called for more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said one of the reasons he is actively campaigning for Democrats to take over the New York State Senate is that he believes he will have more success getting ethics changes done without the GOP in charge.

As the final days of the current state Legislature's session wind down, there's growing calls for lawmakers and the governor to do something about ethics reform.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.