Sentences with phrase «including ethics law»

Ms. Levenson has lectured on a variety of topics including ethics law, municipal law, school law, professional liability, housing discrimination, and civil rights law for both government and private organizations including the following:

Poloncarz should be able to draw sufficient Legislature support to pass this law, but he has not yet introduced it, saying he'd like to see some of his other initiatives, including the ethics law and fair housing policy, gain more traction first.

The plan left out some long - sought measures advocates had pushed for, including ethics laws and new spending oversight, an extension of the statute of limitations for child sex - abuse victims and more traffic - safety cameras.

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Dr. Richard Leblanc, an associate professor of governance law and ethics at York University, said there are many potential hints of a CEO burnout, including erratic behaviour, inconsistency at work, divorce or family issues, and even substance abuse.

The current state of law and «medical ethics» is redefining «choice» to include choices made for us by others.

My favorite part though is that whereas Missouri ethics law generally requires «amounts» and «total expenditures» as part of the reporting for such largesse, the sex bill includes the qualification, «The reporting of sexual relations for purposes of this subdivision shall not require a dollar valuation.»

Cuomo's subpoena - empowered commission was close down following an agreement on ethics legislation last year that included new anti-corruption laws and independent enforcement at the state Board of Elections.

The fact that both houses of the Legislature is home to lawmakers who moonlight as private - practice attorneys (including Silver) could be problematic for a robust ethics law.

Kaminsky, meanwhile, released a five - point ethics reform platform that include bans on lawmakers earning outside income, expanding penalties for corruption, campaign finance law changes and enhancing the powers of local district attorneys.

Also at 11 a.m., the City of Mount Vernon Department of Law Corporation Counsel Lawrence R. Porcari will hold a press conference to announce new anti-corruption and public ethics measures, which include full funding of an independent Inspector General as required by Mount Vernon charter, City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mount Vernon.

Top issues for state lawmakers to tackle when they return to Albany from their two - week spring break include NYC mayor's control, ethics reform and changes to the election laws.

Cuomo in his budget plan included issues such his slate of ethics reforms and criminal justice law changes that have little fiscal impact.

But this year, lawmakers are also trying to push Cuomo to accept some ethics laws regulating his office, including a measure that is designed to require those who serve on the governor's regional economic development councils to disclose * their * outside income.

On Wednesday evening, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced that it had updated its pending ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to include Wednesday's developments.

• 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.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.

After lawmakers failed to pass the ethics reforms he proposed last year — including closing the LLC loophole — Cuomo formed a Moreland Commission to investigate corruption and recommend new campaign finance laws.

«Labor Day is a day we celebrate the great American work ethic and those hardworking men and women who struggled to provide us with workers» rights and deliver us today's landmarks of middle class security, including the 40 - hour work week, child labor laws, pensions, a minimum wage, Social Security and Medicare.

«Any serious attempt by the Governor and the legislature to strengthen ethics laws must include a ban on outside income, an end to the LLC loophole, and greater transparency within the state's budget process.»

Commission members, Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating to craft a new package of ethics laws that would include some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that the governor proposed after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers.

In January, the governor unveiled a «comprehensive package» of ethics and good government reforms, which included appointing a chief procurement officer, expanding the Freedom of Information Law to the state legislature, and closing the «LLC loophole,» which essentially allows corporations to exceed campaign donation limits.

Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.

She has pushed to livestream board meetings and for ethic reforms, including an anti-nepotism law.

In addition to legalization of same - sex marriage and implementation of a 2 - percent annual property - tax cap, his first year in office included: a new ethics law, a partial rollback of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax, the first cut in state spending in 15 years, and a rewrite of the tax code to tax the wealthy at a higher rate and cut rates for middle income New Yorkers — an idea he opposed in the spring, only to reverse himself later as the state deficit grew.

Several senators, including Skelos, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in outside income from private law firms, and if the governor's ethics package is adopted, would have to disclose more details, including names of their clients.

They include ethics reforms, amending the state's hate crimes laws and a pay raise for legislators.

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The final budget deal, as expected, did not include a range of non-fiscal matters, including extending the statute of limitations in child abuse cases, school safety measures, gun control, relaxing certain criminal bail requirements and any bolstering of ethics and campaign finance laws in reaction to what has become an annual parade of Albany corruption cases, including two major trials this year of people with close ties to Cuomo.

Cuomo is running on what he calls his «New NY Agenda» that includes several sub-plans, including one dubbed «Clean Up Albany» that would enact new, stricter ethics laws, require full disclosure of outside income for lawmakers and create an independent ethics watchdog.

Lawmakers on Monday said they expected Republicans to remain opposed to public financing, but did not rule out a different ethics reform package that includes tightening anti-bribery and corruption laws.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

Her biggest disappointment shouldn't be a surprise to those who follow state government — the failure of lawmakers and a roster of governors including Andrew Cuomo to push through really tough ethics and campaign finance law crackdowns.

But the commission, which includes appointees of Mr. Silver, did not give its staff the authority to investigate whether the Assembly staff had violated ethics laws, a restriction government watchdog groups see as a major shortcoming of the investigation.

Cuomo has threatened not to approve a spending plan that didn't include his proposals to change ethics and education laws, but according to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, has not mentioned it in private session.

The legislature passed nearly all of those recommendations, which included the creation of a more powerful ethics commission, mandatory ethics training, anti-nepotism laws and greater transparency in state contracts.

They include ethics reforms, amending the state's hate crimes laws, and, a pay raise.

«Regardless of whether or not Duffy violated state law by interviewing for a job with a private lobbying entity — he'll recuse himself from any future matters involving economic development in his home region — he has committed a mortal political sin: He created an ethics dilemma for a governor currently hammering the state Legislature over its own ethical record, including its lack of transparency on sources of outside income,» Casey Seiler writes in his column, which includes speculative odds on Duffy's successors.

NYPIRG backs a number of changes, including making the ethics commission subject to Freedom of Information and Open Meeting Laws.

The setting was a public hearing on proposed changes to various sections of the ethics law, including those covering political solicitation and the acceptance of gifts by town officers and employees.

After concluding that Woodstock council members Bill McKenna and Cathy Magarelli violated the local ethics law, warranting disciplinary action including

The package is actually the third ethics reform proposal to come out in the wake of twin corruption scandals that have rocked Albany: Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to tighten anti-bribery laws while IDC Sen. Jeff Klein proposed a gigantic package that includes nearly every ethics proposal of the last decade.

Keeping the ethics monitoring groups at current levels comes at a time when Mr. Cuomo, lawmakers and other state officials are all floating various ideas to strengthen existing ethics laws, including heightened disclosure requirements, increased penalties and an overhauled per - diem system.

That sentiment has been echoed in recent days by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who promised as recently as Tuesday that his agenda for 2016 would include a «very aggressive ethics proposal,» despite his previous assertions that little could be done legislatively to solve venal behavior by lawmakers determined to break the law.

The Senate and Cuomo have been at odds over ethics reform, including requiring financial disclosure of senators» law clients in their outside jobs as private attorneys.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans are drafting language on changes to state ethics laws, including a proposal to disclose some law clients, indicating they are close to reaching agreement with Democrats.

The document's shortcomings, they said, included its failure to specify the subsections of the ethics law that Magarelli allegedly violated and the panel's determination that McKenna and Magarelli should «refrain from intercepting (sic) meetings of other boards.»

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will call for an overhaul of Albany's ethics laws, including an end to outside income and per diem payments, and an increase in legislative pay, in a speech to the good government group Citizens Union on Monday evening.

At no time between those interviews and the June 26 letter reporting the Ethics Board's findings and recommended penalties, which include public apologies for violating the ethics law, were the council members either informed that ethics panel had found merit in the complaint or given an opportunity to respond to allegations lodged by other witnesses.

Anton Borovina, who served as first counsel to the county Ethics Commission and who helped draft the law, said, «The Suffolk County ethics law applies to him, and the Suffolk County ethics code requires all employees to file disclosure forms that include information about the spouse, P - E-R-I-O-D.»

In interviews before and after the Town Board meeting, members of the Ethics Board explained their investigation of the complaint involving McKenna and Magarelli and discussed their work on other matters, including the amendments to the ethics law that are currently under consideration.