Sentences with phrase «new government ethics»

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Trump's daughter and son - in - law, will remain the beneficiaries of a sprawling real estate and investment business still worth as much as $ 740 million, despite their new government responsibilities, according to ethics filings released by the White House Friday night.

Global governance then took a Copernican turn, away from the paradigms of western modernity (such as national sovereignty and interest, the primacy of reason, growth, progress, representative democracy, the authority of government, western universal values, hierarchies), towards a new postmodern ethic.

«One of my office's top priorities is to restore New Yorkers» faith in their state government, and that means we need to arm our top ethics body with strong and effective leaders,» Schneiderman said.

«To clean up the government and restore trust we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure,» Cuomo says.

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state government.

Later on, Cuomo further suggested a pay hike would be linked to new ethics measures, perhaps in a special session that includes capping the amount of money lawmakers can earn outside of government.

Cuomo's new emphasis on ethics has been met with cheers from good - government advocates like Barbara Bartoletti, League of Women Voters legislative director.

Cuomo's budget includes non-spending measures such as his slate of ethics reforms, allowing ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City and a plan to encourage local governments sharing services to reduce property taxes.

Brandon Muir, executive director of the Reclaim New York Initiative, a government watchdog that has criticized Nassau's ethics and fiscal policies under Mangano, said Curran faces an «uphill challenge» in ridding the county of patronage and nepotism.

NEW YORK, 03/14/2018 — GPNY leaders today said that the verdict in the Percoco trial showed the need for strong ethics reform in New York State governmeNEW YORK, 03/14/2018 — GPNY leaders today said that the verdict in the Percoco trial showed the need for strong ethics reform in New York State governmeNew York State government.

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.

A new Siena College poll finds a majority of New Yorkers thInk legislative ethics reforms will do little or nothing to reduce state government corruptinew Siena College poll finds a majority of New Yorkers thInk legislative ethics reforms will do little or nothing to reduce state government corruptiNew Yorkers thInk legislative ethics reforms will do little or nothing to reduce state government corruption.

Her emphasis on ethics in State government and equality for everyone she represents makes her a powerful voice for the residents of Western New York.»

Koch, through his good - government group New York Uprising, released lists Thursday of how candidates responded to his call for legislative district boundaries to be drawn by a nonpartisan commission, tougher governmental ethics rules and a better budget process.

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.

Following a pair of ethics scandals that have gripped Albany, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing his plans for ending government corruption.

(Albany, NY) In a letter delivered today, a coalition of government reform organizations called on Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to hold a series of open public leaders» meetings to discuss and negotiate — in public — ethics reforms necessary to restore New Yorkers» battered confidence in Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement in response to the Kruger - Boyland - Lipsky et al corruption scandal, saying today's arrests «again spotlight the failings of New York State government and highlight the urgent need for the Legislature to pass comprehensive ethics reform — now.»

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.

The firm gave $ 10,000 to de Blasio's Campaign for One New York — a now - shuttered nonprofit that ethics advocates decried as a «shadow government» — and two of his clients soon did the same.

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.

While the governor is clearly going big on infrastructure - with plans that could total $ 100 billion in costs, according to his office - he has promised to lead with ethics as lawmakers continue to fall to corruption convictions, trust in Albany is low, and New Yorkers say Cuomo has not done enough to clean up state government.

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.

A call by government reform groups for an open leaders meeting on ethics reform tuned into a spat between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the groups themselves.

They discuss ethics reform in state government and the commission's standing in Governor Paterson's new budget.

And good - government groups, citing a new Siena poll that said 97 percent of New Yorkers want Albany to act on ethics reform, said they hoped the Silver case would trigger actinew Siena poll that said 97 percent of New Yorkers want Albany to act on ethics reform, said they hoped the Silver case would trigger actiNew Yorkers want Albany to act on ethics reform, said they hoped the Silver case would trigger action.

«We must prove once again that state government can be trusted, and that means passing tough new ethics laws and creating a system that deters, detects and punishes individuals who seek to abuse and corrupt,» he said last week in a

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.»

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.

Skelos becomes the second of New York's most powerful political leaders in nine days to be sentenced to prison for public corruption crimes, a double - whammy that has cemented the state government's reputation as an organization plagued by corruption and prompted widespread calls for ethics reforms in Albany.

While some state lawmakers have hailed the recent passage of new ethics measures, others along with government watchdogs say the state Legislature didn't take a big enough step to address political corruption.

«We need a sweeping new ethics plan that will give us a government that we can be proud of; a government that works for the people and not for the special interests.»

Government ethics experts and a senior New York Democrat question whether Rep. Chris Collins — by far the largest shareholder in an Australian - based biotech company called Innate Immunotherapeutics — and Georgia Rep. Tom Price, Trump's health secretary nominee, bought stock in the company last year based on inside information and made a lot of moneys a result.

«To clean up the government and restore trust we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure.

Ivanka Trump's new office in the White House was cleared by White House lawyers and the federal government's ethics watchdog, press secretary Spicer said.

Good - government groups are urging Cuomo and state officials to publicly negotiate new ethics legislation ahead of the budget's passage.

Good government groups have been calling for closure of the LLC loophole for years, along with a slew of other government ethics and campaign finance reforms in New York, most of which have gone nowhere.

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.

Sue Lerner, with the government reform group Common Cause New York, says there's no reason why the legislature's ethics panel can not act much sooner.

After months of pressure from Percoco, the government says, and after Kelly falsely told other CPV executives that he had obtained an «ethics opinion» from the governor's office approving the arrangement, the company began to pay Percoco's wife $ 7,500 per month to teach fourth graders at elementary schools in New Jersey about a nearby power plant the company was developing.

A group of five government watchdog groups, within minutes of the verdict, released a laundry list of ethics, campaign finance and oversight laws that need to be strengthened in New York.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo should be commended for using the budget to bring a higher degree of ethics to New York State government.

«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.

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.

«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.

«With New York government scarred by a shameful parade of scandals, ethics reform is once again at the forefront of this year's legislative session and I call on the Senate and Assembly to include real restrictions on these taxpayer - funded mailings that serve no legitimate governmental purpose,» Singas wrote.

To clean up the government and restore trust with New Yorkers, we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure as well as a law that calls for a real independent monitNew Yorkers, we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure as well as a law that calls for a real independent monitnew ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure as well as a law that calls for a real independent monitor.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

After the corruption convictions of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam were tossed on Tuesday, the inevitable call for new ethics legislation came from good - government groups and lawmakers.

Democrats in the New York state Senate had expected that government ethics would be a dominant issue in the fall election, but they didn't expect to be the ones playing defense.