Sentences with phrase «new ethics package»

Much of the work by the Moreland Commission is ongoing, the report says, but it hopes its recommendations will fuel discussions between the governor and top legislators over a new ethics package that has been under discussion by Cuomo and top lawmakers for months.

Not discussed in the meeting was any potential for a new ethics package following the arrest of Skelos on charges that he used his official power to help his adult son's business interests.

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The new compliance unit was created as part of the ethics reform package passed along with this year's budget, which Cuomo has attributed, at least in part, to the work of the Moreland Commission.

Susan Lerner, the executive director of the good - government group Common Cause New York, said the ethics package in this year's state budget did not include any provisions to address the types of campaign spending the Moreland Commission was investigating.

Lawmakers» hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

Commission members, Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating to craft a new package of ethics laws that would include some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that the governor proposed after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers.

Lawmakers hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Governor Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

Cuomo's briefing book described his latest proposals as «the most ambitious ethics and good government reform package ever to restore New Yorkers confidence in their representatives.»

The Legislature for the last several years have passed new ethics strengthening packages, which have often come after the arrest of a high - profile lawmaker.

The arrest of Skelos comes after lawmakers approved a new package of ethics and transparency legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office had insisted was among the strongest in the nation.

During a speech at New York University, Governor Andrew Cuomo reiterated the government ethics package he outlined in his State of the State address, but then said he would not sign a state budget that fails to include it.

He has shown spine by introducing a comprehensive Albany ethics - reform package and withholding state payments to keep New York out of bankruptcy.

But that did not happen before Cuomo was able to use the commission's report to get state lawmakers to agree to a package of ethics reforms, which created new crimes for violating the public trust and corrupting government.

The new contract comes as the commission is bogged down by reports of gubernatorial interference and a sense that it could simply become cover for a negotiated ethics package.

The governor's now pushing a host of remedies, including a new legislative ethics package.

Cuomo did win an ethics reform package, in a slightly watered down version, and he succeeded in a new teacher evaluation plan, though it will not be designed to his specifications.

There is «zero tolerance» for sexual harassment in the Legislature, leaders say, but an ethics reform package that would create new rules and penalties for sexual harassment may not become law this year.

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

But the political stand down is a sign of forward progress for talks about a new package of tweaks to ethics and campaign finance laws that have proceeded as a whispered backdrop to the Moreland Commission's investigatory work.

There's a lot to like about the new state ethics reform package introduced in Albany last week, but there's also a lot to be desired.

Despite the arrests of the legislative leaders and the on going corruption probes, there is no new ethics reform as part of the end of session package.

But by April of the following year, after facing strident resistance from lawmakers over the authority of the commission, Cuomo announced the investigation would disband after a deal was reached with legislators over a new package of ethics reforms Cuomo said obviated the need for the commission.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an ethics reform package on Wednesday that would impose tight new restrictions on deep - pocketed outside spending groups in New York elections, but has also drawn criticism for sweeping new disclosure requirements it will place on nonprofit lobbying groups and dononew restrictions on deep - pocketed outside spending groups in New York elections, but has also drawn criticism for sweeping new disclosure requirements it will place on nonprofit lobbying groups and donoNew York elections, but has also drawn criticism for sweeping new disclosure requirements it will place on nonprofit lobbying groups and dononew disclosure requirements it will place on nonprofit lobbying groups and donors.

A New York State Senator from the Hudson Valley says a legislative ethics package unveiled this week by the Senate Democratic Conference includes one of his bills.

The biggest single change in the package is an entirely new ethics law, melding a series of them into one law, with more power for the Board of Ethics and stronger public employee disclosure rules.