Sentences with phrase «limit on outside income»

And the reforms tied to this pay raise are excellent: They include strict limits on outside income, so being a council member will now be a full - time job.

And he says the governor should also be demanding that the legislature adopt his proposed limits on outside income.

Change legislative compensation through upcoming recommendations by a recently appointed pay commission, considering increased salaries and greater limits on outside income.

He also suggested stricter limits on outside income could address the blatant conflicts of interests highlighted in both trials.

Cuomo this year is calling for limits on outside income for lawmakers and changes to campaign fundraising laws that would reduce the ability of donors to magnify their contributions using limited liability companies.

Sara Niccoli, Democratic candidate for the 46th Senate District is calling for ethics reforms including a Congressional - style limit on outside income of 15 percent.

Reformers in New York have called for strict limits on outside income by lawmakers like Silver, but legislative attempts fizzled in favor of much lower - hanging fruit.

Ethics legislation in Albany has come virtually every year Cuomo has been in office, though some lawmakers have increasingly chaffed as the reforms backed by the governor includes limits on outside income for legislators, which Senate Republicans generally oppose.

Ahead of Cuomo's speech, good - government groups — including the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Citizens Union, the New York Public Interest Research Group and N.Y.U.'s Brennan Center — held a press conference in Albany to reiterate the need for tighter limits on outside income as well as complete disclosure (including all law and accounting clients) and «real - time reporting.»

The governor's stated opposition to a pay increase stemmed from the legislature's reluctance to approve a Congressional - style limit on outside income for lawmakers.

Specifically, Cuomo is looking to get ethics reform early next year which includes serious limits on outside income.

Since Flanagan has indicated he had no intention to bring limits on outside income or closing corporate donation loopholes that continuet NY State's «pay to play» political culture it is clear that Flanagan has become the champion for continued corruption in NY State.

The Congress has significant limits on outside income, Albany should too.

Republicans also oppose limits on outside income.

Kaminsky said state law needs to be tightened to close what he said is «a huge gap» regarding bribery provisions, an alignment of the state to federal law that makes it a crime to lie to a district attorney or state prosecutor, limits on outside income of public officials and lowering of New York's sky - high contribution limits.

ALBANY — An ethics proposal from the Democrat - dominated New York State Assembly would set a much higher limit on outside income than one suggested by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, allowing the state's part - time legislators to earn tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their $ 79,500 base salary.

If you want real ethics reform to clean up Albany, including limits on the outside income legislators can earn, term limits, and closing the loophole for LLC campaign contributions, vote yes.

Cuomo said he would push for ethics reform, including a ban or limits on outside income for public officials, including legislators.

In the wake of the convictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a limit on outside income of state lawmakers to 15 percent of their base pay, currently $ 79,500.

They include greater accountability measures for the awarding of government contracts, more transparency for «lump - sum» budget appropriations and expenditures, and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

Commissioners did say, though, that they would back a «modest» salary increase sometime in the future if the Legislature decides to remain a part - time body and a «substantially higher» increase if lawmakers change their status to full time and adopt strict limits on outside income.

As a member of the state Legislature, where there are no limits on outside income, Rodriguez's outside position is not uncommon.

«There is something to be said for the fact that it's a little bit harder to get away with bribery, a little bit harder to get away with extortion, if there are more strict limits on outside income,» he said.

Cuomo reiterated his call for a ban or limits on outside income for public elected officials.

The governor's highest standard — limits on outside income for legislators, public financing of campaigns, stripping pensions from elected officials convicted of crimes and closing the LLC loophole — disappeared between January's State of the State address and the March completion of the state budget, which contained no government ethics provisions.

In past years, the group of breakaway Democrats have proposed a new system for campaign contributions and limits on outside income.

The Assembly Democrat's plan on ethics includes a limit on outside income.

Meanwhile, the GOP - controlled Senate refuses to accept any limits on outside income.

Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process, including the public financing of political campaigns and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

If a good portion of the corruption comes from downstate Dems that is more reason for Flanagan to stand up for limits on outside income and meaningful campaign finance reform.

Dadey, with Citizen's Union, says ultimately, what's needed is a transition to a full time legislature, with strict limits on outside income, as is done in Congress.

Mayor Bill de Blasio gave his stamp of approval to a city commission's plan to raise the salary of elected officials, and to make the City Council a full - time job with strict limits on outside income, but said he personally won't accept a raise in his first term.

Cuomo's stated agenda during the campaigns included public financing of political campaigns (no specifics on that, as yet), limits on the outside income for legislators, raising the age of criminal responsibility and extending public tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo's appointees on the pay commission said in November that they would consider a «modest» salary hike if no limits on outside income are imposed.

They did say, though, that they would back a «modest» salary increase sometime in the future, if the legislature decides to remain a part - time body and a «substantially higher» increase if lawmakers change their status to full - time and adopt strict limits on outside income.

Cuomo is not proposing any limits on outside income by statewide elected officials, saying there is no current conflict.

McGrath bewilderingly tries to tie Kaminsky to Albany corruption, and is wrong in saying that limits on outside income wouldn't help solve Albany's ethics problems.

«Limits on outside income, similar to the way Congress works, so that lawmakers are not tempted to use their public office for private gain.

It came two days after state lawmakers balked at his attempt to link a pay raise for them to a limit on the outside income they can earn.

But Cuomo has insisted he would agree to a pay hike only if the Legislature addressed a long series of criminal and ethical charges against many of its members by passing several reforms, such as a limit on outside incomes earned by lawmakers and a system of publicly financed campaigns.

They included limits on the outside income lawmakers can earn and closure of the «LLC loophole,» Albany parlance for the ability of single donors to use multiple limited liability companies to multiply the force of their political giving.

For their part, Senate Republicans have been cool to any limit on outside income.

... from the disclosure aspect, the transparency aspect, from the limits on outside income to stiff penalties for those who violate the law — such as pension forfeiture.»

Despite his attempt to use the pay raise for lawmakers as leverage, no special session meant no limits on outside incomes for state lawmakers and local government officials.

The amendments related to Planned Parenthood funding, limits on outside income for lawmakers, LLC loophole closure, and no - fault absentee ballots for early voting.

The measures included closing the LLC loophole, limits on outside income, and prohibiting the leveraging of one's name, among other things.»

«If the pay raise is adopted by the Commission, I will vote for limits on outside income, as I have in the past.»