Sentences with phrase «if ethics legislation»
Cuomo has pledged to hold up an agreement if ethics legislation is not included, a promise he made last month following the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.
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Democratic Sen. George Latimer says lawmakers shouldn't get a long - awaited bump in pay if they don't approve this year new ethics legislation.
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is doubling down on his commitment to push legislation addressing ethics reform in Albany if elected to the State Senate during next week's special election.
He added that if an agreement is reached on ethics reform legislation, broader deals could be reached on the budget, due next week.
But in recent weeks, Cuomo had said he would sacrifice the passage of an on - time budget if it meant the inclusion of ethics legislation (new disclosure requirements, per diem and campaign finance reforms were included).
Cuomo has said he would hold up an agreement on the state budget if lawmakers fail to compromise on new ethics legislation in the spending plan.
«If there any questions of how it operated, fine,» Cuomo said when asked about the commission, adding he wanted to do «more» on ethics overhaul legislation, but was proud of the results he's achieved so far.
Cuomo was similarly cautious when asked if the conviction being tossed would or should lead to new ethics legislation in Albany.
He talked about the need for ethics reform, enacting legislation that would take away a politician's pension if they are convicted of a crime and term limits.
«If you've been hired because of your connection to a powerful person, you don't have to be working directly for that person to receive special treatment,» said Richard Briffault, a professor of legislation at Columbia Law School who chairs New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board, the city's independent ethics oversight panel.
Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi called the Schimminger legislation «another smokescreen,» saying he'd push changes that would affect lawmakers if he were serious about ethics reforms — like having the state freedom of information law cover the Legislature, banning pork - barrel spending known as «member items,» imposing term limits and eliminating legislative stipends.
However, if enough states and territories enact No More Bad Investments (NMBI) legislation as a first step in taking climate emergency action it will normalise the practice of governments passing legislation based on climate ethics and restoration of a safe climate.