Sentences with phrase «of an ethics reform»

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

After failing in their effort two weeks ago to force the Senate Republicans to hold a public hearing on a package of ethics reform bills, the Senate Democrats are taking matters into their own hands.

It's clear that Todd's record of delivering results for the people of Nassau County and his message of ethics reforms, government accountability and responsible leadership is what the voters wanted and they now deserve to finally have that voice representing them.

Senate Democrats are trying to push the Republican majority into supporting a host of ethics reform measures and are attempting to force the issue by using a Senate rule to get a hearing on the matter.

Kaminsky ran on a platform of ethics reform and anti-corruption.

Kaminsky, first elected to the Assembly in 2014, ran the Senate campaign on a platform of ethics reform after Skelos was ousted following a corruption conviction in December.

«Todd's message of ethics reforms, government accountability and responsible leadership clearly resonated with the voters of Nassau County.

Still, the amount of money raised is eyebrow - raising for good - government advocates, who have been pushing for a host of ethics reforms in the wake of the corruption scandals, arrests and convictions, with still more investigations ongoing.

Cuomo in his budget plan included issues such his slate of ethics reforms and criminal justice law changes that have little fiscal impact.

Its laughable for the Democrats to think they somehow are the champions of ethics reforms.

While Avella ran on a reform platform and the state has taken steps to be more transparent in the areas of ethics reform, he said more should be done, including limiting legislators» outside income.

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.

But he does believe that the additional disclosure requirements, tucked into a bill passed last June, was payback for past critiques by government reform groups on lack of ethics reforms in Albany.

Legislative leaders already seem to be hedging on the chances of ethics reform being part of the budget.

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.

In a meandering first - person meditation on the urgency of ethics reform, Cuomo framed the need for real change as a reflection of the national mood.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

During a radio appearance earlier in the day, de Blasio said he supports the intent of ethics reforms proposed in Albany by Gov. Cuomo — but warned that over-regulation of campaign fundraising could lead down a «slippery slope.»

Flanagan said lawmakers already have approved a number of ethics reforms.

For his part, Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans a roll out of ethics reform bills over the next several days.

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer joins us to discuss a slew of ethics reform legislation passed by the State Senate Wednesday.

The member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Caucus sent out a Dec. 11 press release in which the «longtime champion of ethics reform» calls for «real solutions,» including the elimination of the LLC loophole.

Most agree that the governor's insertion of ethics reform — specifically tying per diem changes and disclosure requirements to the state comptroller's budget — is a stretch of even the limited boundaries defined in Silver v. Pataki.

As for possibility of providing more sunlight when it comes to the budget, Peters said: «We continue to engage the legislature towards a variety of ethics reform proposals.»

On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that, in the case of ethics reform for example, are even stronger than what is included in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»

The pilot program was created as part of settlement between Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

Some of the governor's proposals require little or no state funding, like a set of ethics reforms that have, in past years, died in the Legislature.

Another area of ethics reform has to do with restrictions on spending from campaign accounts.

Cuomo put the bill on the table late in the legislative session after it had become clear that the majority of the ethics reforms he proposed in his State of the State address would not pass in the Legislature, especially the Republican - controlled Senate.

The pilot program was created as part of a settlement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

Heastie, a Democrat, called Cuomo's proposal «a priority,» and Flanagan, a Republican said it was «a key component of ethics reform.»

Cuomo has proposed a robust set of ethics reforms in his budget plan, but few, if any, are expected to pass.

Dick Dadey, executive director of the ethics reform group Citizens Union, said he had heard «nothing» about the review panel's activities — including whether it would be scheduling public hearings — despite numerous queries.

Good government groups criticized the announcement Friday that Blake, who has spoken in favor of ethics reform, would take such a position, especially given the climate in Albany around corruption.

But then Cuomo cut the commission's efforts short, agreeing to shut the body down in exchange for the Legislature's approval of some, but not all, of his ethics reform proposals.

While the governor proposes a spate of ethics reforms every year, efforts to reign in outside income and close the LLC loophole ultimately always end up fizzling.

Curran, Long Island's first woman county executive, won in November on a platform of ethics reform.

The opening day of the legislative session featured talk of ethics reform, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo chose to be elsewhere, putting off his traditional State of the State message for another week, and giving speeches in Syracuse and New York City instead.

They discuss the plans of the new Cuomo administration, gambling in New York, and whether a new round of ethics reform is possible.

It's also a gesture towards Cuomo's plans to use technology for government transparency and openness, part of ethics reforms he alluded to during his speech today.

The move would have to be approved by Governor Cuomo, and they're considerably less enthusiastic about his plan to trade a pay increase for a slew of ethics reforms.

While many of his proposals had been previewed over the past 10 days, the governor used the speech to announce a slew of ethics reform proposals, which seek to address issues at the heart of the two high - profile corruption convictions that ended the long careers of former Senate leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Kolb is a leading legislative supporter of ethics reforms to address a corruption problem that has seen more than 30 lawmakers leave office facing criminal or ethical allegations since 2000.

Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) leader Senator Jeff Klein said his conference has repeatedly put forth a comprehensive package of ethics reforms.

Several of his ethics reform proposals were approved in the most recent state budget, including forcing legislators to reveal all outside sources of income over $ 1,000 and the loss of pension benefits for elected officials convicted of corruption.

«It certainly is going to make us think hard about what type of ethics reform the Senate and the Assembly pass.»

Cuomo intends to insert his lengthy list of ethics reform proposals — pertaining to lawmakers» outside incomes, the warping power of big money in elections, and transparency improvement — into the budget plan, according to Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi.

Any policy linkage to the pay raise has been previously spoken of in the context of ethics reform measures and mostly hinted at by Cuomo himself.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a public financing system, along with a package of ethics reform legislation, in his $ 142 billion budget proposal.

The proposal is the latest in a series of ethics reform packages to be intrdouced in the wake of the arrests of Sen. Malcolm Smith and, in a separate case, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson.