Sentences with phrase «independent ethics investigation»

I demand that Governor Cuomo call an independent ethics investigation NOW.

What Albany needs desperately is a vastly improved independent ethics investigation body, the elimination of outside income for elected officials and better campaign finance laws that give challengers a fighting chance to oust entrenched incumbents.

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Klein late Thursday sent a letter to the state's ethics commission asking for an independent investigation.

While the number of calls from David to JCOPE is not overwhelming, the timing of several calls made 16 months ago raises questions about the frequency of contact between the governor's office and the state's independent ethics panel, especially at a time when former aides and supporters of Cuomo were in the crosshairs of a U.S. Justice Department investigation.

Governor Cuomo is now calling for an independent investigation by the state's ethics board, and one of the legislators named in the scandals, Assemblyman Vito Lopez, has decided not to seek re election as Brooklyn Democratic Party leader.

The law also has provisions pertaining to business relationships between lobbyists and lawmakers, changes rules about who can launch an ethics investigation and how, and requires the state Board of Elections to clarify requirements for independent campaign spending, the Associated Press reports, via the Wall Street Journal.