Sentences with phrase «more ethics reform laws»

Not exact matches

Democrats were more than happy to seize on McGrath's insistence that he would not step away from his law practice if elected and, at the same time, was dismissive of calls for ethics reforms.

State legislators would be required to report outside income of more than $ 1,000 and disclose the name of law clients who pay them more than $ 5,000 under an ethics - reform package unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Klein and Cuomo had sought public finance and other reforms, as part of a budget deal, but in the end settled for a more limited ethics package that would strengthen the regulation of campaign violations and enact stiffer anti bribery laws.

A new law signed Monday in New York will change the way ethics investigations and disclosure works for lawmakers there, the Associated Press reports: «This new ethics reform law brings an aggressive new approach to... Read More

The law, passed in 2011 as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first ethics reform bill, requires lobbyists or their clients who pay a state employee more than $ 1,000 in a year to submit a form detailing the exact amount every six months.