Sentences with phrase «government culture of corruption»

One way of doing that, he said, is ending the state government culture of corruption.

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Commentary by John Kaehny and Andrew Rasiej, Like other New Yorkers, we are dismayed by the culture of corruption in state government.

The state's «population decline, economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & [Cuomo's] closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge» the gov's boast, tweeted Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R), who hopes to unseat Cuomo in November.

«Tonight sends a clear message that Nassau County is ready to chart a new path — that we are ready to put an end to the culture of corruption and make our government live up to the greatness of the people of this County,» Curran said in a news release late Tuesday.

It takes on the culture of corruption that plagues all levels of our government.

Her campaign declined to make her available for an interview on Monday, but released a statement in which Curran said the team would help «rebuild our government with qualified and talented individuals who are going to help end the culture of corruption and bring a fresh start to Nassau County.»

The trial also raised questions about the structure of Albany and what some good - government advocates see as a culture of corruption at the Capitol.

And he told the mayors their job is made all the harder because of the «culture of corruption» in state government.

Sheldon Silver, who held a seemingly intractable grip on power for decades as one of the most feared politicians in New York State, was found guilty on Monday of federal corruption charges, ending a trial that was the capstone of the government's efforts to expose the seamy culture of influence - peddling in Albany.

Bharara's investigation of the «pay - to - play culture» of state government intensified last April, when he inherited the files of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

Russia has unfavorable economic factors - the lack of inter-country navigation combined with out of date technological base combined with entrenched culture of corruption means far more relative expenses and greater friction in economic activity and far lower average standards of living (not exactly helped by 70 years of Socialism; but Russia was economically screwed over by the Czars for centuries before that; and by post-Soviet governments after that too).

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who held a seemingly intractable grip on power for decades as one of the most feared politicians in New York, was found guilty on seven federal corruption charges, ending a trial that was the capstone of the government's efforts to expose the seamy culture of influence - peddling in Albany.

«Population decline (upstate), economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & your closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge this self aggrandizement,» he wrote.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said federal corruption charges filed today against two Syracuse executives, a former governor's aide and others are further evidence of the «show - me - the - money culture» that defiles New York state government.

«Laura Curran will be the county executive Nassau County needs to end the culture of corruption and mismanagement and return the government to the people,» said DiNapoli, of Great Neck Plaza.

It is the pervasive culture of corruption - both legal and illegal - in state government that has undermined public trust and yet failed to spur truly meaningful reform, good government advocates and many legislators and other stakeholders say.

Thursday capped a rhetorically lopsided campaign in which Egan repeatedly accused McCoy of promoting a culture of corruption and political intimidation in county government but in which McCoy largely ignored Egan except to dismiss the challenger's barbs as baseless and desperate.

The result is that communities often end up dealing with governments or companies interested mainly in taking advantage of the vacuum created by the culture of corruption to extract as many resources as possible at as low a price as they can.