Sentences with phrase «need for ethics reform»

The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.

At 9:30 a.m., an hour before former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is sentenced for corrupting his office, government watchdog groups will weigh in on the heightened need for ethics reform before the end of the legislative session, Foley Square, intersection of Lafayette, Worth, and Centre streets, Manhattan.

Those allegedly involved in what U.S. Attorney Preet Bhara said was a wake - up call for Albany on the need for ethics reform were initially charged under a three - county indictment.

Former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith refused to say very much of anything on Sen. Carl Kruger's influence peddling charges this morning, other than to stress that he believes this latest incident of corruption at the Capitol underscores the need for ethics reform.

Heastie has said he sees no need for ethics reform legislation, saying «it comes down to an individual's morality,» a climate - like denial contradicted by 98 percent of all scientists or anyone else with open eyes in New York.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says in a legislative session in which the leaders of the state Assembly and Senate are both indicted on corruption charges, the need for ethics reform in Albany is shockingly clear.

He acknowledged the trial's outcome several hours after the decision with a statement that emphasized his personal pain and the distress caused to Percoco's daughters and only alluded to the need for ethics reforms.

Rob Astorino himself failed to understand how vulnerable Gov. Cuomo was on the need for ethics reform last election.

Astorino has said he wanted to broaden the party's appeal to not just opposing Common Core, but also highlight the need for ethics reform as well as term limits in elected offices.

In making her announcement, Wozniak emphasized the need for ethics reform in Albany.

«I don't think that there are many in this body that would go home tomorrow... and look people in the eye that our state Senate or our state Legislature is just doing fine ethically, and there's nothing we need to do,» said Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Island, stressing the need for ethics reform.

«I speak from personal experience on the need for ethics reform and a new approach — an experience that left me both shaken and eager to fix how our government protects the public trust,» says Pierre's four - page mailer.

He said he's already talked to Democratic members from Erie County about a Western New York coalition, and Morinello said he thinks both parties see the need for ethics reforms in Albany.

Unfortunately, after the budget passed, the governor remained strangely silent on the need for ethics reforms.

He talked about the need for ethics reform, enacting legislation that would take away a politician's pension if they are convicted of a crime and term limits.

Area Assemblyman Cliff Crouch said that this was another case that points up the need for ethics reforms for state elected officials:

Mr. Cuomo has acknowledged the need for ethics reform after the corruption convictions of two Albany powerhouses, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

In addition to the need for ethics reform, Hawkins will discuss Cuomo's education agenda and attacks on teachers; energy; taxes and fiscal relief for local governments; and poverty.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Island), a former federal prosecutor, said Harris» indictment is just more evidence of the need for ethics reform in Albany.