Sentences with phrase «in public corruption scandals»

Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello leveled extraordinary criticism at GOP officials who are embroiled in public corruption scandals, saying he was «angry as hell,» and would do everything he can to «get them out of the party» if they are convicted.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — The former NYPD deputy inspector charged in a public corruption scandal took no part in closing part of the Lincoln Tunnel as a favor to politically connected businessmen, his lawyer said Wednesday during his arraignment.

If that weren't enough reason for the panel to think twice, Verizon was also recently implicated in a public corruption scandal at the Department of Education.

NEW YORK — An undercover FBI agent who snared Malcolm Smith and other politicians in a public corruption scandal posed as a wealthy investor of Indian descent named Raj who promised to grease wheels into City Hall and beyond, sources said.

Not exact matches

Although the introduction of the UK Bribery Act has no doubt improved the UK's ranking since 2010, recent events such as the phone hacking scandal have shown that there are still too many areas of corruption vulnerability in the UK public sector.

With probes underway of both the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations, it's an extraordinary time in political scandal — even for New Yorkers, who often swing from apathy to cynicism when it comes to public corruption, said Michael Johnston, a Colgate University professor emeritus.

Time and time again, parties and leaders involved in corruption scandals or in the mismanagement of public office were rewarded with re-election.

But despite the efforts of the Attorney General's Public Integrity Bureau and those of U.S. Attorneys across the State, the cycle of corruption persists, in part due to the negligible impact of marginal reforms previously enacted in the wake of public corruption scaPublic Integrity Bureau and those of U.S. Attorneys across the State, the cycle of corruption persists, in part due to the negligible impact of marginal reforms previously enacted in the wake of public corruption scapublic corruption scandals.

It's an extraordinary time in political scandal, even for New Yorkers, who often swing from apathy to cynicism when it comes to public corruption, said Michael Johnston, a Colgate University professor emeritus.

The scandal is a hit parade of corruption issues involving money, politics and bribes in exchange for public spending.

Since New York City adopted public financing in 1988 it has not faced a corruption scandal on the same scale as the 1980s.

The «Truth in Spending» legislation (bill # pending) is a response to the numerous public corruption scandals that have rocked the state Capitol to its core over recent months through lack of transparency in budget allocations, due to shadow spending where some leaders and members gamed the system.

Rice was one of the three co-chairs of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's corruption - busting Moreland Commission, which recommended (though not unanimously) public campaign finance as a remedy for the never - ending corruption scandals in Albany and NYC.

The Working Families Party in an email to supporters on Monday is pushing the Legislature in the wake of the Sheldon Silver corruption scandal to enact the «number one recommendation» of the defunct Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption, which it was says public corruption scandal to enact the «number one recommendation» of the defunct Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption, which it was says public finaPublic Corruption, which it was says public Corruption, which it was says public finapublic financing.

Jon Campbell from Gannett News, Rick Karlin from the Albany Times Union, Karen DeWitt of NYS Public Radio and Nick Reisman discuss the ethics proposals being floated in the wake of two corruption scandals.

Prof. Martey, speaking at a Public Lecture on the corruption canker in Ghana, in Kumasi, said corruption was not to be entertained in the country, as corruption related scandals keep surfacing and the President during his campaign days, presented himself as anti-corruption crusader.

After the string of public corruption scandals that we have brought to light, many may rightly resign themselves to the sad truth that perhaps the most powerful special interest in politics is self - interest.

Since a slew of major political scandals have erupted in New York and Albany is the seat of state government, I figured a workshop on public corruption would be on the bill.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

Connecticut's public campaign finance system was created in 2005 as a reaction to the massive corruption scandal surrounding ex-Gov.

Despite appearing jointly together, both Skelos and Silver are far apart on whether to allow public financing of campaigns to move forward, a coming flashpoint in the effort to overhaul campaign finance and ethics laws in the wake of two corruption scandals.

Advocates cite the good polling on public financing, their grassroots support and, of course, the parade of corruption scandals that have hit state government in the last two months.

The public financing component, a debate that was already due to heat up in the post-budget legislative session, is expected to be a flashpoint of discussion this spring at a Capitol rocked by back - to - back corruption scandals.

In his state of the county address, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone called for a top - to - bottom review of the county's charter following a series of corruption scandals that have touched public officials.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, which supports many of the measures opposed by Senate Republicans, said there are other reforms that can be achieved with a GOP Senate, and he said a corruption scandal involving Republicans in the state Senate stronghold of Long Island could spur them to action in the new session.

Prominent Democrats were on the defensive in both public episodes — one a legislative controversy, the other a trial in Hartford Superior Court — relating to the clean - election program established a decade ago by the Democrat - controlled General Assembly after a corruption scandal sent Republican Gov. John G. Rowland to federal prison.

The department was wracked by corruption scandals, and embarrassed when some officers got drunk during a rowdy public outing in Washington, D.C., in 1995.

«Scandals and perceived corruption in governance and the society generally, socio - economic hardships such as unstable currency, unstable power supplies — undermining both industrial and domestic ventures — executive bureaucratic delays in the public sector, especially at the ports, many industrial actions, protest demonstrations throughout the economy, sudden and high tariff increases for utilities, and ever - bloating national debt stock, have hall - marked the out - going year,» he observed.

She released a new TV ad today that continues her ongoing effort to link Martins with disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who lost his job in a federal corruption scandal — though his conviction was recently overturned, thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the definition of an «official act» in connection with public corruption.

When asked what he might do if a proposal for a 47 percent pay boost — which has been floated during the commission's deliberations — reached his desk, raising the yearly compensation of New York lawmakers from $ 79,500 to $ 116,900 and making them the highest paid legislators in the nation, despite the public corruption scandals that have consumed Albany, Cuomo replied:

In the wake of the latest public corruption scandal, Cuomo said his State of the State message next January will include a reform package that will provide more checks and balances when it comes to awarding state economic development contracts.

«When you look at the technical report which GII added, such that it is a period of two years in which the perception is compiled, when you look at 2016, in that year, you know all the corruption allegations that came to the fore: the bus branding saga, Ghana Standards Authority, NCA [National Communications Authority], Electoral Commission allegations and a host of them that the [Mahama] government did not show any commitment to fighting revelations and scandals that had been made public.»

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, which supports many of the measures opposed by Senate Republicans, says there are other reforms that can be achieved with a GOP Senate, and he says a corruption scandal involving Republicans in the State Senate stronghold of Long Island could spur them to action in the new session.

In fact, very little of the bill had anything to do with the recent corruption scandals or even public officials.

Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

The panel, appointed in early July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in response to this year's torrent of public corruption scandals, last month sent letters to both chambers requesting that members deriving more than $ 20,000 in outside income disclose their sources, and that lawmakers who are attorneys disclose their civil or criminal clients — an element of transparency that the Legislature has resisted for years, claiming it violates attorney - client privilege.

ALBANY — Three weeks after Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration was engulfed in scandal over his office's handling of the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption, only a third of New Yorkers have heard of the now - defunct ethics panel.

New York Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

Asked for comment about the steps the administration has taken to address the corruption scandal in the Buffalo Billion and which Cuomo promises has followed through on as Buffalo Billion II moves ahead, a spokesperson for Cuomo provided some background information but pointed Gotham Gazette to prior public statements by state officials.

Indeed, it's not a coincidence that cheating scandals tend to erupt in municipalities whose public institutions suffer from corruption.

In his criminal litigation practice, he has successfully represented clients involved in high - profile matters such as the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal, a federal fraud investigation involving environmental law violations, campaign finance irregularities in the 2010 District of Columbia elections, a CEO involved in a federal public corruption investigation in Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card frauIn his criminal litigation practice, he has successfully represented clients involved in high - profile matters such as the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal, a federal fraud investigation involving environmental law violations, campaign finance irregularities in the 2010 District of Columbia elections, a CEO involved in a federal public corruption investigation in Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card frauin high - profile matters such as the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal, a federal fraud investigation involving environmental law violations, campaign finance irregularities in the 2010 District of Columbia elections, a CEO involved in a federal public corruption investigation in Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card frauin the 2010 District of Columbia elections, a CEO involved in a federal public corruption investigation in Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card frauin a federal public corruption investigation in Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card frauin Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card fraud.

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Prior to joining our team of litigation attorneys as a partner in 2004, Curt spent five years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida in the Major Crimes, National Security and Public Corruption Sections taking on high profile cases, including one of the largest police corruption scandals in the history of the CityCorruption Sections taking on high profile cases, including one of the largest police corruption scandals in the history of the Citycorruption scandals in the history of the City of Miami.

Dr Lawrence McNamara, deputy director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, writing in this week's NLJ, said the levels of public perception of corruption were «not out of kilter» with other common law countries, and could be explained by recent scandals in Parliament, the BBC and other institutions.