Sentences with phrase «government ethics»

The groups were especially critical of the lack of action on government ethics and contract procurement.

There's a chance that the minimum wage will be dealt with, along with several other major policy issues like government ethics reform, in the legislative session following the budget.

Key measures included passage of a balanced two - year state budget, increased funding for K - 12 education, additional money for boosting teacher pay, and sweeping government ethics reform.

However, experts in government ethics remain uncertain about whether CFTC employees should be allowed to trade cryptocurrencies.

«This appears to be a textbook violation of government ethics laws and regulations enacted to prevent the abuse of an employee's government position,» Cummings wrote.

In 2011, he toured the state pushing for tighter government ethics laws, the legalization of same - sex marriage and a cap on local property tax increases.

In a major departure from his predecessor, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie publicly laid out his conference's proposals for government ethics reform during a wide - ranging speech and interview Friday morning.

But Fitzgerald also purchased shares in pharma giants Merck and Bayer after taking over the CDC — an apparent conflict of interest that also confounded government ethics experts.

This governor has talked more about government ethics reform than any governor in memory, and yet the rules and high mindedness never apply to him.»

Government ethics disclosures reveal earnings for Skadden, Sullivan, Jones Day and Dechert partners

The New York City Bar Association's committee on government ethics said the proposal «is both practical and sensible, and presents an opportunity to build toward obtaining the goal of providing the public and government officials with an accurate picture of who is spending what to influence the exercise of governmental power by those officials» but urged the tightening of a definition.

To prepare a detailed analysis of a recently passed, 100 + page government ethics bill for my boss, who surely already knew it in detail already but who wanted to make sure that I did, too.

Attendees to a forum on government ethics held at Albany Law School listen as former Lt Gov Richard Ravitch addresses them on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Nonprofits that monitor government ethics have criticized the concept, concluding it looks more like a self - promotional campaign event rather than a community service for seniors.

Davies was on the temporary state commission on local government ethics in the early 1990s, which proposed legislation mandating local ethics boards and dictating how they would operate.

The governor has not yet released any proposals around government ethics or campaign finance reform, which are annual topics of controversy in Albany.

Also at 2:30 p.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis discuss state government corruption and promote proposals to change state government ethics regulations, during a roundtable discussion for reporters and photographers; Royal Restaurant, 7609 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn.

She successfully worked with her state's legislature to overhaul government ethics laws and to fix her state's structural budget deficit.

The matter of prioritization for the bill - signing also underscores questions about the bill being necessary in the first place, but also issue that many took with Cuomo's abandonment of other, more pressing government ethics and campaign finance reform proposals, many of which he had previously claimed to champion.

COR Development, which is Cuomo's biggest contributor in Central New York, denies it paid Percoco anything, but Percoco on government ethics forms said COR paid him between $ 50,000 and $ 75,000.

A collection of advocacy groups, including the League of Women Voters and the New York State Bar Association, believe that a convention offers the best chance to enact reforms that have long - stalled in the Legislature, including tighter campaign finance limits and stricter government ethics laws.

In between, Cuomo also outlined his 2017 government ethics agenda, which included greater oversight of the CUNY and SUNY systems, and sought the endorsements of Excelsior by top CUNY and SUNY officials, including all the college presidents.

Good government groups have been calling for closure of the LLC loophole for years, along with a slew of other government ethics and campaign finance reforms in New York, most of which have gone nowhere.

Complete with a Dear Abby - style Q&A letters regarding government ethics, JCOPE is out with its first edition of The Ethics Review newsletter.

The Trump administration escalated a battle with government ethics groups by declining, even in the face of a federal court order, to release a comprehensive list of individuals visiting with the president at Mar - a-Lago during the two dozen days he spent there this year.

Corruption charges brought against a member of the state Senate Republican majority Wednesday have provided an opportunity for Democrats to jumpstart the seemingly dormant conversation on government ethics as state budget negotiations enter their final week.

Amid increasing calls for New York to pass bold government ethics reform and minimize the role of money in elections, a bipartisan majority of state lawmakers has taken a symbolic but somewhat significant step in calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturning the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case.

They say they will step up efforts to close campaign donation loopholes that benefit politicians and companies, and will press for more independent government ethics monitors and tighter restrictions on Albany's long pay - to - play culture by individuals, groups and corporations with business before the governor or Legislature.

ALBANY — Legislators are privately finalizing details of a bill to restructure government ethics enforcement in Albany, and officials said a public announcement of the bill could come as soon as Thursday.

Cummings cited government ethics laws that explicitly prohibit federal employees from using their office to endorse products or for the private gain of associates.

Trying to avoid the fate of other state commissions whose recommendations have been filed and forgotten, the ethics commission met with the Governor and legislative leaders today to lobby for changes in campaign financing, the State Board of Elections and municipal government ethics.

Cuomo says overall, though he is «fully confident» that the ethics commission will achieve its goal of improving government ethics, but he admits it's a «very complicated undertaking».

With all the back and forth about ethics in Washington, Albany, Ulster County, yea, even unto the City of Kingston, I'm beginning to wonder if government ethics isn't some kind of oxymoron.

Thursday's JCOPE meeting will be an important moment to understanding government ethics in the age of Andrew Cuomo.

Senator Michael N. Gianaris of Queens, who heads the Senate Democrats» campaign committee, said he expected a debate over government ethics to dominate the race to succeed Mr. Skelos.

Mr. Fisch's report is particularly damaging, as it takes aim at the very mechanism the state uses to enforce government ethics.

In one - house budgets passed this week, the state Legislature showed little evidence that new government ethics, voting, and campaign finance reform measures will be passed in Albany any time soon.

In 2017, Cuomo released a 10 - point government ethics and voting reform agenda, which included early voting, automatic voter registration, same - day voter registration, and campaign finance changes such as closing the LLC loophole, which allows anonymous donors to flood candidates» campaign coffers in New York.

Yesterday, word spread that the potential nominee for the Working Families Party might be a Fordham Law School professor and expert on government ethics named Zephyr Teachout.

Mr. Baran, named by Washingtonian magazine as a «Top Campaigns & Elections Lawyer» and one of the «Top 50 Lawyers» in Washington, DC, advises clients on all aspects of political law including federal, state and local campaign finance laws, government ethics requirements and lobbying laws.

Governor Andrew Cuomo forgot about government ethics reform.

Former Lt Gov Richard Ravitch addresses those taking part in a forum on government ethics held at Albany Law School on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Hana Callaghan, director of government ethics at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, said that absent specific anti- «pay to play» legislation, which limits vendors» political contributions, «courts have generally not found it to be improper for public contractors to contribute to political campaigns.

While a Con Con, as it is often called, would provide a chance for enacting reforms on things like government ethics, term limits for elected officials, modernized voting and voter registration rules, and more, it would open up the entire state constitution to change.

Experts in local government ethics say anti-nepotism measures can work if enforced properly.

A significant portion of the dialogue centered around government ethics and corruption, with Heastie both outlining new reform plans and defending himself and his colleagues as good public servants.

Teachout was at the Capitol on Tuesday to urge lawmakers and Cuomo to pass tighter campaign finance and government ethics rules.