Sentences with phrase «introduced ethics bills»
«They haven't introduced a proposal for ethics reform,» Gianaris said (Republicans have introduced ethics bills, including one seemingly aimed at having the governor's girlfriend, Sandra Lee of the Food Network, release her financial information.
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Not introducing the bills, in essence, keeps the GOP conference's options open in discussing the ethics issues with Cuomo.
Interestingly, Paladino is on the same page here with the NY Times editorial board, which also called recently for Cuomo to introduce an omnibus ethics bill sometime during his first week in office.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos earlier in the day said he expected an ethics bill to be introduced as early as this evening.
The time has come for the Republican Majority to finally join with the Senate Democrats and pass the ethics bills we have introduced and supported for years,» she said in a statement.
Cuomo, whose staff has been holding secret talks with aides to legislative leaders on the proposal, will turn up the heat by introducing his own ethics bill in the Legislature, which would force lawmakers to say if they support it or not.
If the Legislature continues to drag its feet on ethics reform, even after a bill is introduced, Cuomo has another weapon he is threatening to use.
From the creation of an independent commission on government ethics, to increasing financial disclosure, to stripping pensions from public officials convicted of felonies (Governor Cuomo says he is going to introduce a bill on this as well, but hasn't to date.)
BUt when it comes to reforming Albany, the advocates have some powerful partners, not the least of which is the New York Times, which editorialized today that «the need for reform goes far beyond the budget» and urged Cuomo to «immediately — next week — introduce an omnibus ethics reform bill.»
After running on a platform of ethics reform, he has introduced bills to prevent elected officials from «double dipping» by collecting retirement while still in office and increasing a legislator's term from two to four years.
Elected during a season of scandals in 2010, Cuomo introduced his first ethics - reform bill not long after taking office.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R - Ohio) introduced a bill Thursday calling for the House ethics committee to restart its probe of ex-Representative Eric Massa (D - N.Y.), as Republicans seek to focus attention on what Democratic leaders knew about Massa's behavior and when they knew it.
The flap has prompted an ethics complaint from local officials and has seemed to buoy Honda's challenger, former Commerce Department official Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Lawmakers seek to limit US involvement in Yemen's civil war Freshman lawmakers introduce congressional term limits proposal MORE.
To clean up Albany's swamp, Mr. Cuomo should immediately — next week — introduce an omnibus ethics reform bill.
Still, Mr. Cuomo did credit the Assembly with at least introducing a bill; the Senate, which Republicans lead, has offered only two ethics - related ideas, including pension forfeiture for convicted lawmakers, which the Assembly has also indicated it will address.
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With others, Bill introduced a new first - year course at the IU School of Law in 2009 called The Legal Profession, a mandatory four - hour course that covers the ethics, competencies, and economics of the legal profession.