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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

Not exact matches

This gives everyone some significant wiggle room on both term limits and the push for an outside income ban (and, potentially, more leverage).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Wednesday night formally confirmed the push for a pair of constitutional amendments that would ban outside income and term limit the state Legislature as talk of a special session before the end of the year heats up.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

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.

It leaves for another day limits on elected officials» outside income, though a commission may be appointed in the future to address this.

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.

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

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.

And some members of the Legislature took their criticisms further, charging that promises Cuomo's appointees made of a salary bump in exchange for limits on lawmakers» outside income crossed the line into an illegal quid pro quo.

Good government groups used the occasion of Silver's sentencing to renew their calls for comprehensive ethics reform, including limits on lawmakers» outside income and a comprehensive overhaul of the operation of the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

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.

But while Cuomo has worked well with Senate Republicans on a variety of issues, he's signaled in recent weeks he would push for limits on the income lawmakers can earn outside of the Legislature as well as the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

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.

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.

«Throughout the campaign I was also very vocal about my support for restrictions on lobbying activity, or bidding on state contracts, reform to restrictions on outside income, and term limits for our bodies» leaders, which is what we had voted on in our rules, that was the first thing that we did - eight years that we wanted for committee chairs and for leadership,» Serino says.

The group's Susan Lerner says a ban on outside income or even strict limits, would not be a hardship for most.

These include limiting or banning outside income for legislators and closing the notorious LLC campaign finance loophole that was on full display during the veto of my annexation oversight bill.

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.

Silberstein said that, under congressional rules, the payment to Racalto appears to exceed the $ 25,000 annual limit on the amount of outside income senior congressional staff members can earn for political work.

He opposes, for example, strictly limiting outside income, so that lawmakers would focus on serving the public interest, not their own.

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

Issues on the table include caps on outside income for lawmakers, term limits and permission for ridesharing apps like Uber to operate in the state outside of New York City.

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 stipendOn 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 stipendon how much outside income lawmakers can earn, and greater reporting of outside income and legislative stipends.

The list of what's needed is long and well known, including closing the loophole that allows secretive corporations to evade limits on campaign spending, strictly limiting outside incomes, publicly financing all candidates for state offices and otherwise curbing the influence of lobbyists and crooks.

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.

The governor went so as far as to circulate a questionnaire to candidates quizzing them on their support for ethics law changes, asking their position on limiting lawmakers» outside income and stricter campaign contribution requirements for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs).

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.»

Only on questions of limiting additional stipends to members and requiring greater disclosure of outside income did support for reform just barely win a majority.

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.»

For example, a search on December 1, 2016, on Fannie Mae's eligibility tool appears to indicate that there was not any income limit for most of Boston's East Boston neighborhood; however, in areas outside of the 484 low - income census tracts, the income limit appears to be $ 94,000 for most of the Greater Boston arFor example, a search on December 1, 2016, on Fannie Mae's eligibility tool appears to indicate that there was not any income limit for most of Boston's East Boston neighborhood; however, in areas outside of the 484 low - income census tracts, the income limit appears to be $ 94,000 for most of the Greater Boston arfor most of Boston's East Boston neighborhood; however, in areas outside of the 484 low - income census tracts, the income limit appears to be $ 94,000 for most of the Greater Boston arfor most of the Greater Boston area.