Sentences with phrase «issue of ethics reform»

The Senate GOP has also been reluctant to take up the broader issue of ethics reform before the state budget is approved.

However, these new indictments are a reminder that Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership has been absent on the issue of ethics reform.

The Times reserved special criticism for Cuomo on the issue of ethics reform, accusing him of failing to push for campaign finance reform and mishandling the Moreland Commission that was set up to investigate corruption.

Not exact matches

Senate Democrats are trying to push the Republican majority into supporting a host of ethics reform measures and are attempting to force the issue by using a Senate rule to get a hearing on the matter.

Three weeks to go before the budget is expected to pass in Albany and lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have not spent much time publicly dwelling on ethics reform, a perennial issue that is often the subject of a hammered - out compromise.

«They are hoping New Yorkers forget that they themselves all voted «no» on some of these exact issues and more, including crucial protections for Planned Parenthood, a single payer health plan, strong ethics, and voting reforms.

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

Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from Yonkers, confirmed that issues such as voter reform measures and changes to the state's ethics laws had fallen out of the budget talks.

Some of these proposals have come and gone over the years, and they are a reminder that budgets, school funding, ethics and campaign finance reform aren't the only issues politicians deal with.

Martins, 50, a former state senator from Old Westbury, also announced ethics reform plans, and often pivoted to issues of finances and fighting gang violence.

Very few (9 percent) put passing a property tax cap and ethics reform (6 percent)-- two of Cuomo's signature campaign issues — on the top of the governor - elect's to - do list.

NYPIRG issued its list of fundraisers at a time when good government groups are trying to pressure state lawmakers to pass ethics and campaign finance reforms.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

«We are reviewing them with members,» Whyland continued, «and we continue to negotiate in good faith on all of the issues — including the ethics reform package.

The Syracuse Republican in a Capital Tonight interview on Wednesday said the GOP conference is willing to compromise on the ethics issue as Cuomo calls for broader disclosure of outside income and other long - sought reforms.

On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that, in the case of ethics reform for example, are even stronger than what is included in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»

The matter of prioritization for the bill - signing also underscores questions about the bill being necessary in the first place, but also issue that many took with Cuomo's abandonment of other, more pressing government ethics and campaign finance reform proposals, many of which he had previously claimed to champion.

Saying little about ethics reforms or Mr. Skelos, Mr. McGrath focused instead on local issues and gained a long list of union endorsements.

Howie Hawkins, the recent Green Party candidate for Governor, issued the following statement today in response to the announcement that Governor Cuomo would require state lawmakers to adopt a 5 point ethics reform plan as part of the state budget process.

Gov. Andrew says he wants ethics reform as part of the budget or he will hold up the state's spending plan, while legislators say they want to negotiate the issue separately.

While many of his proposals had been previewed over the past 10 days, the governor used the speech to announce a slew of ethics reform proposals, which seek to address issues at the heart of the two high - profile corruption convictions that ended the long careers of former Senate leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

If elected, he said he would focus on tackling corruption and ethics reform in Albany, as well as affordable housing and responding to constituents» quality of life issues.

At noon, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef unveils sweeping slate of anti-corruption reform bills tackling issues of power, ethics and transparency in state government, LCA Room (130), LOB, Albany.

«It was definitely a productive meeting in the sense of talking about how the Legislature can work productively with the governor on issues where we share objectives: The property tax cap, ethics reform, job creation.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Despite the conviction of the New York State Legislature's former top two leaders, and a series of ethical issues plaguing lawmakers from Buffalo, ethics reforms are on hold, for now, in Albany.

«We are reviewing them with members and we continue to negotiate in good faith with the governor on all of the issues, including an ethics reform package.»

* Both Senators have proposed legislation on a range of issues: Clinton addresses health, banking, foreign policy, energy, and education, among others; Obama addresses nuclear non-proliferation, energy, foreign policy, ethics reform, and education, among others.

On the issue of ethics, the governor may have a key advocacy group that can issue an ultimatum for him: voters, who in November will have an opportunity to judge 2016's progress and reform.

«The CRC is giving Floridians the opportunity to vote «yes» on several important issues including ethics reform in government, rights for victims of crime, prohibiting oil drilling in state waters, and necessary education reforms,» Chairman

ALBANY — State lawmakers were assembling the skeleton of a long - awaited deal on a number of issues on Thursday evening, including a one - year extension of Mayor Bill de Blasio's control of New York City schools and an ethics reform measure that would strip state pensions from elected officials convicted of a felony.

Last week, Governor Cuomo announced that he and his senior staff would tour the state in order to speak directly to the people of New York about, among other issues, creating a property tax cap, cleaning up Albany by passing ethics reform and passing a marriage equality bill.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are haggling out the finer points of a slate of issues ranging from ethics reform to funding a hate crimes task force and procurement reform.

A whole bunch of issues were not resolved during the budget process, from voting and ethics reforms to gun control, child sexual abuse victims, cash bail, plastic bags, food waste and more.

«In 2016, Erie County will be taking a serious look at ethics reform, and I am proud to offer the first actual piece of legislation tackling the issue.

Asked whether he is going to seek to get a deal on things other than the budget — including ethics reform and a property tax cap — prior to the April 1 start of the new fiscal year the governor said he's going to be «moving forward on all of these issues simultaneously — now, now.»

After nearly two months, Governor Andrew Cuomo requested on Friday that the Legislature send him an ethics reform package he personally designed and pushed the Legislature to pass in June with the assistance of a message of necessity he issued to speed the process.

Mr. Cuomo has called ethics reform the most important issue of his second term, particularly after Mr. Silver's arrest, which occurred just a day after Mr. Cuomo laid out his agenda for the year.

Now that the session has adjourned, the Republican from the 45th district tells WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley she was successful at passing a number of bills, but frustrated with the lack of substantive movement on issues such as ethics reform.

The recent release of these two reports and the ongoing corruption trials of two legislative leaders have put the spotlight on New York's dire need for state action on ethics reform, yet as Bob Hardt wrote in a recent NY1 column on the issue, «Never aggressively pushing campaign finance reform or transparency, Governor Cuomo seems content to play the master of Albany's current political game rather than rewriting its rules.

For years the county and the three towns largely ignored ethics reforms, without much clamor from residents, who were more focused on issues of taxes.

The group's position supports that of Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, a Wantagh Republican who has been in an unusual public fight with Santino for months over ethics reform and other issues.

The Minority Leader also gives his views on a range of reform issues including campaign contributions, lobbyist and ethics reform.

Spitzer, the political scientist, said he believes ethics reforms has the best chance of the three issues of becoming law because it has the most room for compromise.

18) The commission decided to hold off on issuing new subpoenas until it was able to determine what the legislative leaders might agree to in terms of ethics reform.

After Gov. Cuomo made an issue of Albany ethics, Silver fought tooth and nail against every reform.

For the second year in a row, in his January State of the State, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out an ambitious ethics reform agenda that touched on a variety of issues and aimed at restoring public trust in New York State's scandal - plagued government.