Sentences with phrase «legislators left office»

Granted, there's been a deluge of corruption cases involving state lawmakers in both parties with more legislators leaving office under an ethical cloud than losing re-election.

Starzak has campaigned on ethics reform, noting that Albany has seen 26 State legislators leave office due to criminal or ethical misconduct since 1999.

There are currently 11 vacant seats — nine in the Assembly and two in the state Senate — due to legislators leaving office after being elected to different state and local positions in November.

The report, which is CU's second on this topic in two years, also showed that just over the past four years from 2007 — 2010, the pace of state legislators leaving office for such reasons doubled.

Personal use of campaign funds: The commission is investigating campaign committees that live on long after a legislator leaves office.

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Another investment they make is that when a legislator is a «friend,» both in the general voting, but, especially, as a member of committees, they get rewarded afterwards with 7 - and 8 - figure «consulting» contracts after they leave office for jobs as lobbyists for companies they were supposed to oversee, lobbying their former colleagues.

Altogether, 248 current state legislators had to leave office after the November elections because of term limits.

Altogether, 223 current state legislators were forced to leave office after the elections because of term limits.

On Tuesday, there were five special elections for seats vacated by male legislators who had either been convicted of a felony or left office voluntarily.

Its analysis of legislators» voting records shows that several Assembly Democrats who once backed the bill have resigned, left office or voted no on a version of the bill at least once — enough to cast doubt on the passage of a same - sex marriage bill this year.

Upon hitting the limit in one office or chamber, a legislator may run for election to the other chamber or leave the legislature.

«There are many good and decent state legislators with high ethical standards, but the rapidly growing number of elected officials who have left office because they violated the public trust is a big unaddressed problem.

Patricia Eddington, now the Brookhaven Town Clerk, is listed as one of the «Enemies of Reform,» but she's neither a legislator, nor do I think a candidate, having just left the Assembly to the clerk's office.

I was recently asked to comment about reports that upwards of thirty state legislators are leaving office by year's end.

Their objection is that the bill does not go far enough in limiting the influence lobbyists can have through the gift - giving process, or in strengthening the revolving door by which former legislators recast themselves as lobbyists within a year after leaving office.

«At least 30 [state legislators] have left office since 1999 because of transgressions ranging from inflating their expenses to sexual harassment to taking bribes,» the editorial stated.

Lawmakers who predominantly represent the New York City area, however, have pointed to the relatively higher cost of living in the region, leading some legislators to leave office.

At least 33 legislators and a state Comptroller have left office since 2000 due to corruption - related issues.

In the past decade, 27 legislators have left office due to criminal or ethical issues.

Legislators from both chambers pitched ethics reforms — and a host of other policy proposals, from paid family leave to a more robust system for organ donation — that will lead to clashes, namely the limiting of outside income for lawmakers and pension forfeiture for those convicted of a crime related to their public office.

Skelos becomes the fifth legislative leader to leave office under ethics troubles since 2000 and is the thirty - third legislator forced to leave office due to criminal or ethical misconduct since then.

Instead, it was the idea of several state legislators, who offered no incentives and, for the most part, have since left office.

As teachers left his office, Brody handed them cards with the address to a Republican legislators» website on teacher pay.

With only 52 months left to achieve this Global Warming Solutions Act target, Massachusetts will need quick action from its Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, along with strong collaboration from legislators, environmental advocates, utilities, and local governments.

Federally, the regulation of legislators» conflicts of interest is generally left to the Ethics Commissioner who is an Officer of Parliament.Provincial legislation permits Municipal Affairs ministers to remove elected officials from office for reasons beyond conflicts of interest.