Sentences with phrase «former state legislative leaders»

Lawmakers — as well as Cuomo — had been under pressure to approve some form of ethics and anti-corruption legislation in Albany after a parade of corruption arrests that engulfed the Capitol in recent years, including the convictions of the two former state legislative leaders last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

That means two former state legislative leaders who face potential retrial for crimes they are accused of committing during the first half of this decade would get to keep their pensions if convicted.

Not exact matches

In Albany, one of the state's most powerful men, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, is now facing allegations of misconduct himself, accused of forcibly kissing a former legislative staffer.

But the governor and legislative leaders agreed to postpone the State of the State to Jan. 21 because of the extenuating circumstances of former Gov. Mario Cuomo's death.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo concedes that ethics reform is unlikely to be a part of the New York state budget this year, despite the conviction of the two former legislative leaders on major corruption charges.

Lerner said while she's disheartened that yet another legislator has been accused of corruption, she's relieved that state prosecutors under Schneiderman are taking on investigations now that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who achieved prison terms for both former legislative leaders, has been fired by President Donald Trump.

Corruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-...]

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

A federal indictment handed down on Thursday alleged former state Senate Majority Leader Skelos strong - armed a medical malpractice insurance firm to provide his son, Adam, with more than $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits through a no - show job while the firm lobbied Skelos on legislative matters.

The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller and federal charges, including bribery and bid - rigging, against nine Cuomo associates.

Additionally, the problem of Albany corruption again being addressed not by internal state watchdogs, but instead by the U.S. Attorney who this month is prosecuting charges against the two most recent former legislative leaders, demonstrates the clear need to strengthen our state's own ethics enforcement.

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.

For the first time in Republican history, most of the party's top legislative leaders came from former Confederate states, where resistance to minority and worker rights was an established tradition.

If the governor and state legislative leaders are really serious about curbing corruption, then they should prioritize meaningful reform next year — especially as two of the governor's former aides are scheduled go to trial on charges related to bribery and bid - rigging some of the state's keystone economic development projects

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, right, talks with Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, D - Rochester, at the start of the 2015 legislative session in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany on Jan. 7, 2015.

New York State Senate Republicans on the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole that has played a role in recent corruption trials of former legislative leaders, but doing so might have doomed the measure for the 2016 session.

Lerner, with Common Cause, says New York State should enact reforms and make changes to its laws so that the actions by the former legislative leaders are clearly prohibited.

Guilty verdicts against former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son will shape the legislative session and the statewide elections next year

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who successfully prosecuted the former legislative leaders, as well as several other lawmakers, was not even in New York State.

Looming in the background is Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney for the Southern District of New York whose tenure included multiple investigations of state officials for corruption, indicting a top aide to Mr. Cuomo and the top two legislative leaders in Albany.

Her warm - up act included several female firsts: State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the first female legislative conference leader in the New York State, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the legislature's first openly lesbian member, and Public Advocate Letitia James, the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City, as well as city first lady Chirlane McCray and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is now one of the country's best - known advocates for gun control.

On Monday during a conference call about the storm plans, a Cuomo aide interjected when a reporter asked the governor about Bharara's legacy (which includes upending state government through his prosecutions of the former legislative leaders, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver).

A real - estate executive who received immunity to become a witness in the federal corruption trials of both of the state's former legislative leaders — Glenwood Management VP and counsel Charles Dorego — is also the top «bundler» for NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.

There were also special elections yesterday to fill two state legislative seats left vacant by the federal corruption convictions of their former occupants — ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (lower Manhattan) and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County, Long Island).

In one of the most disturbing stories pulling back the curtains on Albany's seaminess, a former leader of the New York State Assembly has been fined $ 330,000 in a shocking case of chronic and pervasive sexual abuse that his leaders tried to cover up.The State Legislative Ethics Commission hit former Assemblyman Vito Lopez with what is...

They pointed to the impending glut of corruption cases that former New York officials will appear in during the next six months — two of Cuomo's former top aides will be tried, former legislative leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver will each reappear in a courthouse after their prior convictions were overturned on technicalities, and former state Sen. George Maziarz stands accused of hiding the destination of his campaign funds several years ago.

Andrew Cuomo's comments on Thursday came after the state comptroller's office announced that two former legislative leaders found guilty of corruption are getting pensions.

L - R: Administrative Secretary, The Electoral Institute, Mr. John Irem; National Electoral Commissioner and Team Leader, Dr Mohammed Lecky; Chief of Staff to Hon Catherine Baker, Erin Donnette; Member, California Legislative Assembly, Baker; Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Katsina State, Mr. Ibrahim Zarewa; Former National Electoral Commissioner / Board Member, The Electoral Institute, Prof. Adele Jinadu and Administrative Secretary, Bornu State, Mr. Abdulhamid Buba at the California State Assembly.

Orange County Democrats fired a third salvo at state Sen. Bill Larkin on Monday over the question of banning the outside income some state lawmakers earn in the private sector — an issue likely to be taken up in the coming legislative session after the recent corruption convictions of former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

He has had internships or jobs at the Long Island Power Authority, whose trustees are appointed by the governor and state legislative leaders; Davidoff Malito & Hutcher LLP, a Garden City law firm that has employed former Republican and Democratic officials, and the Bridgeview Yacht Club in Island Park, whose owner is a friend of former Republican U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.

Bharara won convictions in federal corruption cases against New York's two most powerful legislative leaders: former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller, and federal charges including bribery and bid rigging against nine Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, Joe

The state's independent ethics commission took the first official ethics - related action in Albany since the convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday when it appointed a man with ties to both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders as its new executive director.

The name has been removed from former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos's Legislative Office Building office on Friday Dec. 11, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell / Times Union archive)

Economic development funding was often distributed by former governors and legislative leaders when each received a pot of money, sometimes totaling half a billion dollars, as part of the state budget deal.

Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, the Texan architect of Republican power in Congress, was convicted Wednesday of illegally plotting to funnel corporate contributions to home - state legislative candidates in 2002.

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice of Long Island, a Cuomo ally and former co-chair of the Moreland Commission, became the highest - ranking Democrat to call for legislative leaders to hold hearings on how the state and federal government handled the Hoosick Falls crisis.

State Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan is getting involved in the race to keep convicted crook Dean Skelos» former Long Island seat in Republican hands — blasting Democratic candidate Todd Kaminsky's backing of an ethics bill that would boost legislative pay.

Lerner says while she's disheartened that yet another legislator, Senator Ortt, has been accused of corruption, she's relieved that state prosecutors under Attorney General Schneiderman are taking on investigations, now that the U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara who achieved prison terms for both former legislative leaders, has been fired by President Trump.

Nine years ago, a congestion pricing effort led by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

Lerner, with Common Cause, says New York state should enact reforms and make changes to its laws so that the actions by the former legislative leaders are clearly prohibited.

Lawmakers had more trouble getting agreements on ethics reforms, in a year that's seen the two former legislative leaders sentenced to prison and state and federal probes of Governor Cuomo's economic development programs.

Though this document is about implementation, it's important to note that there'd be no state program to implement were it not for the legislation produced by Governor Christie, former Commissioner Chris Cerf, and legislative leaders and supported, not unimportantly, by the NJEA.

Karen Miller, parent leader in Texas and a former state PTA legislative chair points out: «Texas was one of the first states to reduce class size, with caps of 22 students in grades K - 4, adopted by Governor Mark White and the Legislature in 1984.

In an article entitled, «Former House Speaker lands job at teachers» union,» The CT Mirror's Jacqueline Rabe Thomas has confirmed the rumors that, «Christopher G. Donovan, the former speaker of the state House of Representatives, has been hired by the state's largest teachers» union — the second former legislative leader to land a job at the Connecticut Education Association this winter.&Former House Speaker lands job at teachers» union,» The CT Mirror's Jacqueline Rabe Thomas has confirmed the rumors that, «Christopher G. Donovan, the former speaker of the state House of Representatives, has been hired by the state's largest teachers» union — the second former legislative leader to land a job at the Connecticut Education Association this winter.&former speaker of the state House of Representatives, has been hired by the state's largest teachers» union — the second former legislative leader to land a job at the Connecticut Education Association this winter.&former legislative leader to land a job at the Connecticut Education Association this winter.»

But the former superintendent also called on state leaders to eschew the frequent legislative funding cuts for DPI that stir up controversy each year during budget negotiations.

Nine years ago, a congestion pricing effort led by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.