The Assembly Democrat's plan on ethics
includes a limit on outside income.
If you want real ethics reform to clean up Albany,
including limits on the outside income legislators can earn, term limits, and closing the loophole for LLC campaign contributions, vote yes.
Not exact matches
Cuomo said he would push for ethics reform,
including a ban or
limits on outside income for public officials,
including legislators.
Specifically, Cuomo is looking to get ethics reform early next year which
includes serious
limits on outside income.
While Avella ran
on a reform platform and the state has taken steps to be more transparent in the areas of ethics reform, he said more should be done,
including limiting legislators»
outside income.
• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms
including a system of public financing for elections,
limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of
outside income and clients.
They
include greater accountability measures for the awarding of government contracts, more transparency for «lump - sum» budget appropriations and expenditures, and
limits on outside income for lawmakers.
Good government groups used the occasion of Silver's sentencing to renew their calls for comprehensive ethics reform,
including limits on lawmakers»
outside income and a comprehensive overhaul of the operation of the state Joint Commission
on Public Ethics.
His proposals
include new
limits on how much
outside income lawmakers can earn.
Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process,
including the public financing of political campaigns and
limits on outside income for lawmakers.
Sara Niccoli, Democratic candidate for the 46th Senate District is calling for ethics reforms
including a Congressional - style
limit on outside income of 15 percent.
Assembly Democrats
on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures
including limits to
outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture by public officials convicted of corruption.
Two weeks ago, he suggested that while his proposed reforms —
including limits on lawmakers»
outside income and closure of the so - called «LLC loophole» — are
included in his executive budget package, they might fall off the negotiating table in hopes of seeing action before the session's end in June.
These
include limiting or banning
outside income for legislators and closing the notorious LLC campaign finance loophole that was
on full display during the veto of my annexation oversight bill.
Otherwise, Senate Republicans are pointing to legislative term
limits — a nonstarter in the Assembly — as evidence of action, and the Democrats who dominate the lower chamber point to a suite of bills,
including some restrictions
on outside income, that were approved with full knowledge that they were dead
on arrival in the State Senate.
He confirmed that major reforms,
including term
limits or
limits to
outside income, have receded in talks, and said he was seeking action
on «economic development, workforce development, job training, business regulations.»
Cuomo's stated agenda during the campaigns
included public financing of political campaigns (no specifics
on that, as yet),
limits on the
outside income for legislators, raising the age of criminal responsibility and extending public tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.
And the reforms tied to this pay raise are excellent: They
include strict
limits on outside income, so being a council member will now be a full - time job.
Issues
on the table
include caps
on outside income for lawmakers, term
limits and permission for ridesharing apps like Uber to operate in the state
outside of New York City.
The list of what's needed is long and well known,
including closing the loophole that allows secretive corporations to evade
limits on campaign spending, strictly
limiting outside incomes, publicly financing all candidates for state offices and otherwise curbing the influence of lobbyists and crooks.
Cuomo said that he'd be rolling out additional efforts to boost his ethics reform agenda in the final days of the session,
including limits on lawmakers»
outside income and proposed term
limits.