Sentences with phrase «for state ethics watchdogs»

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

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

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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.

Two commissioners on the state's ethics watchdog panel have tendered their resignations, a spokesman for the Joint Commission on Public Ethics confirmed.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

Silver's other legal work, for a separate firm that handled property tax assessment appeals, was unknown to the public until a year ago: Prosecutors successfully argued that Silver received legal fees from real estate developers — including Glenwood Management, the state's most generous political donor — that had extensive business before the Legislature, and did his best to conceal the arrangement from ethics watchdogs.

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.

Members of the Public Integrity Commission, the state's ethics watchdog, are rebuffing Governor Paterson's calls for them to step down in response to a report from inspector general Joseph Fisch.

For more than a year, a major priority of the New York's lobbying and ethics watchdog panel has been writing «comprehensive lobbying regulations» that would govern the activity of state lobbyists and their clients.

On Monday, DeFrancisco called for commissioners of the state's lobbying and ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, to dismiss its executive director Seth Agata.

David Grandeau, a former state ethics watchdog who's now a private compliance attorney and frequent online gadfly, raised a red flag in a blog post Wednesday morning: «Who was Lacewell working for when she vetted these contributions?»

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

ALBANY — The state ethics watchdog has forwarded a report of its findings to two legislative panels for possible sanctions after ending its probe of the Assembly's handling of sexual harassment allegations involving a senior member.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

The state's top ethics watchdog wants to slug Gov. Paterson with a $ 96,375 fine for allegedly shaking...