Sentences with phrase «new ethics reform law»

«This new ethics reform law brings an aggressive new approach to returning integrity to the halls of our Capitol,» Cuomo said.

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 new ethics reform law brings an aggressive new approach to returning integrity to the halls of our Capitol.»

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``... In truth, what New York needs is wholesale reform of its ethics laws, not a jerry - rigged solution.

Governor Cuomo and Senator Addabbo have successfully worked together to create on - time budgets, and fight for important legislation to implement common sense gun laws, bring ethics reform to Albany, and expand access to quality education for New York children.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion lanew gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laNew York's abortion laws.

After lawmakers failed to pass the ethics reforms he proposed last year — including closing the LLC loophole — Cuomo formed a Moreland Commission to investigate corruption and recommend new campaign finance laws.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today outlined his ethics reform agenda for the 2015 legislative session at the NYU School of Law in New York City.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a New York state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a report in the New York Times that the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

Seven of the eight candidates vying to become the next Speaker of the New York City Council convened at New York Law School on Monday night for a forum focused on government reform, running the Council, transparency, ethics, voting, and elections.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the only one left standing of the «three men in a room» who made every major decision on New York's laws and budgets in January, praised the verdict and like Bharara and others in Albany said it should spur ethics reforms.

The audience at New York Law School probably didn't know it, but Gov. Cuomo drove from Albany in a snowstorm to lay down the law to Albany lawmakers — ethics reform... or else, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reportLaw School probably didn't know it, but Gov. Cuomo drove from Albany in a snowstorm to lay down the law to Albany lawmakers — ethics reform... or else, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reportlaw to Albany lawmakers — ethics reform... or else, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported.

With the Memorial Day weekend approaching, Cuomo did not release any new program bills for ethics and campaign finance reform, but did lament while on Long Island the existing loopholes in the law.

As Silver resigned his post and the Assembly scrambled to elect a new leader, the governor added ethics reform and greater financial disclosure of law clients to his long list.

She outlined her plan for state ethics reform in a Facebook post, in which she claimed New York State leads the nation in lawmakers in trouble with the law.

The Siena College poll said the next priorities should be an ethics reform law followed by extending rent control laws in New York City.

The Assembly should therefore take concrete steps to overhaul the rules that keep it from functioning effectively as a legislative body, and make clear to New Yorkers that it is serious about enacting comprehensive and much - needed reforms to its ethics laws.

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.

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.

New York's leading good government groups gathered at Manhattan's Foley Square Wednesday to call on the New York State legislature and the governor to take immediate action to reform public ethics laws.

And his diagnosis was correct: the key to real reform — and success in ending Albany's ethical weaknesses — was, and is, the establishment of an independent ethics enforcement agency that would enforce New York law without fear or favor.

In 2010, then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo promised to reform New York's campaign finance, redistricting, and ethics, laws.

With that arrest as a backdrop, in February Governor Cuomo organized a speech at New York University's Law School to announce his ethics reform plan.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

Gov. Cuomo has previously called for early voting and automatic registration, but the Legislature has been so busy on ethics reform — sarcasm intended — that it has not had the time to propose any new voting laws.

There's been little public talk by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie or Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan during the legislative session, about passing tough new ethics laws, and no reforms have been approved by the Legislature.

FPI's Executive Director, Ron Deutsch joins Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director for the League of Women Voters of New York State and Blair Horner, Executive Director of NYPIRG on WCNY News to discuss the failure of lawmakers to pass contract procurement and ethic reforms and voting laws.