Sentences with phrase «leaders of the legislature»

Both former leaders of the legislature face prison time for illegally manipulating their outside incomes for person gain.

The governor has also promised to propose major ethics reforms in his budget, following the convictions of the two leaders of the legislature on corruption charges late last year.

Five are appointed by the county executive and three each by the minority and majority leaders of the legislature.

It comes as both former leaders of the legislature are being sentenced to prison for corruption.

Numerous legislators have been indicted, convicted and even jailed in recent years, and both former leaders of the legislature face multiple corruption charges.

Now, the county may have worked out a fair deal in the proposed sale of a property in Knox to a former minority leader of the legislature, but no one can say for sure, considering how it was handled.

Gov. Arne Carlson of Minnesota last week put the Democratic leaders of the legislature on notice that he would fight aggressively for his proposals to overhaul public education — and force it to compete with private and religious schools.

Government reformers say with a burgeoning scandal involving potential violations of campaign limits in Democratic Senate races in 2014, and the scheduled sentencing of the two former leaders of the legislature in early May, it's time to focus on ethics fixes.

For the second month in a row, the Siena College poll reports that nearly 100 percent of those surveyed want something done about the corruption in Albany that's led to both former leaders of the legislature sentenced to prison and the U.S. attorney's investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs.

In this case, however, the legislature on Dec. 4 simply approved selling it to John Graziano Jr., a former Republican minority leader of the legislature who is now president of a lobbying firm.

Under the complex rules governing the authorizing of JCOPE investigations, it takes the approval of at least two appointees of Democratic leaders of the legislature for a probe to of any elected Democrat in the legislature to begin.

One of the Majority Party Leaders of the legislature, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was instrumental in helping DiNapoli become Comptroller, has already said that the Assembly won't approve the governor's pension bail out plan unless the Comptroller says it's okay.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders of the legislature say they've finally settled all of their differences and have voted on the final piece of legislation to end the session.

A legislative session that featured the arrest of both of the top leaders of the legislature on corruption charges, saw no new ethics improvements included in the end of session agreements on a host of measures.

The three current major leaders of the legislature, Senate Leader John Flanagan, Independent Senate Democratic Leader Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, say they will no longer earn any outside income.

Governor Cuomo gathered with leaders of the legislature to celebrate an on time budget for the second year in a row, but some minority party members weren't as happy.

Legislators, in an all night session, took the first step to change the state's constitution to require lawmakers convicted of a felony to forfeit their pensions, in answer to public outcry over dozens of Senators and Assembly members, including the two former leaders of the legislature keeping healthy pensions even though many have been sentenced to prison.

Governor Cuomo and leaders of the legislature finally settled all of their differences and voted on the final piece of legislation to end a session that dragged on longer than most anticipated.

«Leaders of the legislature don't want to do the hard thing.

The Commission co-chairs, in a statement, said that after leaders of the legislature for both the Assembly and Senate refused to cooperate, the Commission voted October 15 to aggressively move forward in compelling production of information into specific matters that the Commission is investigating.

The proposed changes are in response to the conviction of both former leaders of the legislature on multiple corruption charges, for essentially monetizing their positions of power in the legislature to illegally earn millions of dollars.

Both former leaders of the legislature face federal corruption trials next month, and the Attorney General's office has, along with the state Comptroller, probed the actions of dozens of elected officials, some resulting in charges and convictions.

For the second month in a row, the Siena College poll reports that nearly 100 percent of those surveyed want something done about the corruption in Albany that's led to both former leaders of the legislature sentenced to prison and the U.S. attorney's investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs.

Tuesday is not only New York's presidential primary, it also the day for two special elections to replace the disgraced former leaders of the legislature who lost their seats after being convicted on multiple felony corruption charges.

Donaldson, minority leader of the legislature, contended that Quigley, 21, a college student in Connecticut until May 10, did not live at 60 Orchard St. in the legislative district but rather at his parents» home in the Town of Ulster at the time he circulated nominating petitions during June.

We'll talk to Carrie Andrews, Democratic leader of the legislature, who will explain the proposal.

«I don't think we've ever had a situation in which both the speaker and the majority leader of the legislature have been indicted on federal corruption charges,» he said.

Bharara also successfully prosecuted both former leaders of the legislature on corruption charges.

The U.S. Attorney who convicted both of the leaders of the legislature came to Albany Monday to speak to a conference of the state's mayors.

Cuomo had proposed a number of changes in January to react to a wave of corruption that led to the convictions of the two former leader of the legislature on felony corruption charges.

Also, ethics reform remains unresolved, in a year when both former leaders of the legislature have been sentenced to prison for corruption, and state and federal prosecutors are looking at Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.

Also, both former leaders of the legislature will be sentenced in the next few days on multiple felony convictions.

State Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole, which has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former leaders of the legislature.

Both former leaders of the legislature are awaiting prison sentences on corruption convictions involving their outside income.

During a year where both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for corruption after they abused their sources of outside income, Cuomo said he would seek to strictly limit lawmakers» ability to earn extra pay.

During a year where both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for corruption, after they abused their sources of outside income, Governor Cuomo said he'd seek to strictly limit lawmakers» ability to earn extra pay.

Dadey says the secretive budget is a potential breeding ground for corruption, at a time when both former leaders of the legislature are facing potentially long prison sentences later in April.

But Sen. Mike Gianaris of New York City says he thinks it's a mistake to end the session without acting on ethics reform — in a year where both leaders of the legislature have resigned over corruption charges.

The use of LLC's by a real estate company Glenwood Management, and it's billionaire CEO Leonard Litwin, has factored in to high profile federal corruption cases against the two former leaders of the legislature.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan came to the Capitol with other Catholic Church leaders to meet with Governor Cuomo and some leaders of the legislature.

Now that the two leaders of the legislature have been convicted on multiple counts of corruption, government reform groups are looking to the remaining politicians at the Capitol for reform.

The US Attorney who convicted both of the leaders of the legislature came to Albany Monday to speak to a conference of the state's mayors.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same federal prosecutor who brought down the leaders of the legislature, has been investigating, and on Friday evening Governor Cuomo revealed that subpoenas had been issued to a former top member of his staff, and a lobbyist who used to work for the governor when Cuomo was at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Senate and Assembly convened for the first time since both leaders of the legislature were convicted of multiple corruption charges in late 2015 and now face potentially decades in prison.

The New York State Assembly and Senate have released budget positions that focus on taxes and spending policies, but very little on ethics reform, even though both former leaders of the legislature face prison sentences over corruption convictions.

Ethics reform also remains unresolved, in a year when both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to prison for corruption, and state and federal prosecutors are looking at Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.

Back in January, Governor Cuomo proposed a number of changes in response to a wave of corruption that led to the convictions of the two former leaders of the legislature on felony corruption charges.

The governor's events come after a disappointing end of the legislative session, where Cuomo failed to convince lawmakers to make ethics changes, even though both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to prison for corruption.

Ethics reform is being discussed, but in a year where both former leaders of the legislature have been sentenced to prison, and there's on going state and federal investigations of the governor's economic development programs, it's unclear what will ultimately be agreed upon.