Sentences with phrase «new ethics agreement»

The new ethics agreement eases some restrictions on receptions that lobbying groups can hold for lawmakers.

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Stephen Gillers, a New York University law professor and expert on legal ethics, called Daniels» claim that the missing signature invalidates the agreement a «weak argument.»

A professor of ethics at Loyola University, New Orleans, argues against the moral legitimacy of the death penalty, in agreement with statements of John Paul II that have been incorporated into the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Cuomo's subpoena - empowered commission was close down following an agreement on ethics legislation last year that included new anti-corruption laws and independent enforcement at the state Board of Elections.

With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform.

Cuomo has said he would hold up an agreement on the state budget if lawmakers fail to compromise on new ethics legislation in the spending plan.

Cuomo ended the commission after lawmakers agreed in March to new ethics and anti-corruption laws as part of the budget agreement.

This agreement with a company that has substantial business before New York State was announced a day before Cuomo announced that the outside financial interests of domestic partners would not be disclosed under a two - way ethics reform agreement he has made with the Assembly.

After a string of corruption scandals hit the Legislature, Cuomo impaneled the commission to investigate the Legislature when lawmakers failed to reach an agreement with him on new ethics laws.

Cuomo has previously reached an agreement with Assembly Democrats on ethics legislation that would create new disclosure requirements, campaign finance regulations and travel reimbursement reform.

On ethics, the GOP conference said in a release that it would support new disclosure requirements for outside income, but did not provide details on what Republican lawmakers would back in a final budget agreement.

Last week, Governor Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Heastie announced an agreement to strengthen New York's ethics laws.

«As New York continues to fail to pass significant ethics reform at the state level, I am pleased the Erie County Legislature came together to reach an agreement on creating more transparency in government,» said Legislator Lorigo.

When New York lawmakers announced the state budget agreement last week, ethics reform was not part of the package.

ALBANY — With a budget deadline two weeks away, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he had come to an agreement on new ethics policies with the State Assembly, which his fellow Democrats control, though a deal with the Republicans who lead the State Senate was not secure.

Senator Suzi Oppenheimer (D - Mamaroneck) issued a press release today on what her office describes as an «historic» ethics and election law reform agreement between the New York Senate and Assembly.

In a fairly unmistakable rebuke to the governor, Bharara dispatched a truck this week to collect the findings of the commission, which operated for just nine months before Cuomo agreed to dissolve the panel as part of a state budget agreement that included some new ethics provisions.

But, if one assumes realpolitik has a significant presence in New York's Legislature and there's pressure to come to some sort of compromise ethics agreement in this year's budget, it's easy to imagine a scenario in which lawmakers prefer to burden their allies rather than themselves.

With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate leader Dean Skelos scheduled to be sentenced next month for public corruption crimes, and a recent poll showing that nearly 90 percent of New Yorkers believe unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government, Albany's political leaders have an obligation to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform, the good government groups said.

He is speaking of last week's ethics opinion, striking down a proposed employment agreement limiting the right of in - house lawyers at BASF Corp. to move to competitors, as reported today by the New Jersey Law Journal.