Not exact matches
The governor also reiterated his call for legislators to pass restrictions
on outside income that would
limit them to earning 15 percent of their annual salaries from side jobs, which has been previously rejected
by the Senate and passed in a less - restrictive version
by the Assembly.
The Assembly majority's ethics plan, released after 5 p.m.
on Friday, would set a much higher
limit on outside income than one suggested
by Cuomo, allowing the state's part - time legislators to earn tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their $ 79,500 base salary.
Assembly Democrats
on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures including
limits to
outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture
by public officials convicted of corruption.
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.
He called for a new Office of Ethics and Compliance led
by a non-legislator, new
limits on how much
outside income lawmakers can earn and greater reporting of
outside income and legislative stipends.
On Monday, Heastie outlined his reform proposal, calling for a new Office of Ethics and Compliance led by a non-legislator, new limits on how much outside income lawmakers can earn, and greater reporting of outside income and legislative stipend
On Monday, Heastie outlined his reform proposal, calling for a new Office of Ethics and Compliance led
by a non-legislator, new
limits on how much outside income lawmakers can earn, and greater reporting of outside income and legislative stipend
on how much
outside income lawmakers can earn, and greater reporting of
outside income and legislative stipends.
Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple
limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget;
limits on political contributions
by companies with business before the state;
limits on legislators»
outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission
on Public Ethics (JCOPE).
«If the pay raise is adopted
by the Commission, I will vote for
limits on outside income, as I have in the past.»