Sentences with phrase «legislative ethics issues»

Seeking attorney with substantial experience with legislative ethics issues; offering competitive salary commensurate with experience.

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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.

There's a chance that the minimum wage will be dealt with, along with several other major policy issues like government ethics reform, in the legislative session following the budget.

Despite ethics issues — stemming from a ski trip to New York, the exchange of legislative assistance for campaign contributions, and the hiring of his wife as a campaign fund - raiser — Sweeney enjoys a double - digit lead.

Post-budget legislative issues remain unresolved, however, including agreements on combating heroin and opioid abuse, ethics reform as well as developing regulations for ride - hailing apps and daily fantasy sports.

Former Assemblyman and senior fellow at the Demos foundation, Richard Brodsky, says if there is another convention, it won't be motivated by concern about legislative ethics, but by social issues that people care more about, like schools, and pension benefits.

Records on the state ethics commission website show that Whiteman Osterman & Hanna signed a contract in March 2016 to provide «legislative and regulatory counsel» while lobbying the governor's office, state agencies and the Legislature on issues of real estate development, construction, property management and other matters.

Some issues that will likely come up during the 2018 legislative session in Albany, (if not earlier): Congestion pricing, single - payer healthcare, ethics reform, and the DREAM Act.

Well, the news cycle, legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed to all drop the issue of redrawing legislative lines by an independent commission at once with a loud thud as Albany's fruit - fly attention span turned to an ethics overhaul, a property tax cap and same - sex marriage legalization.

Major issues during the 2016 legislative session included raising the minimum wage, funding public education, ethics reform, and proposals to allow Uber to expand to upstate New York.

Major issues during the 2015 legislative session included lifting the cap on charter schools, increasing the minimum wage, criminal justice reform, campaign financing, and ethics reform.

«With three weeks to go in the legislative session, ethics, fighting corruption is still the number one issue for voters,» said Siena spokesman Steve Greenberg, who noted that 96 percent of New Yorkers continue to say that passing anti-corruption legislation is important.

At the same time, legislative leaders say they want to separate out those unrelated issues, like ethics reform from spending items.

Asked why he had waited until there were only 10 legislative session days left to use this tactic, Cuomo said ethics reform «is not an issue that resonates with the public the way $ 15 minimum wage did.»

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.

Zimet did attack Cahill's stand on sales - tax policy, but on other issues, including school aid, women's reproductive rights, ethics and legislative misfeasance, gay rights, local hospitals and campaign finance reform, there wasn't much difference between these two liberal Democrats.

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.