Sentences with phrase «of ethics enforcement»

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has struck a tentative deal with legislative leaders on the major elements of an overhaul of ethics enforcement in state government, three people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

The results of a nationwide State Integrity Investigation conducted by the Center for Public Integrity were published this week, giving New York an overall grade of D, ranking it 36 out of the 50 states (based on a numerical score of 65 out of 100), and issuing D or F grades for its handling of ethics enforcement, political financing, and state budget processes, among other areas.

JCOPE, by contrast, has been the vulture of ethics enforcement; its condemnations of elected officials have been limited to those who have been made pariahs as a result of investigations by others.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a statement noted the conference has backed many of the recommendations in the past, which includes public financing and a tightening of ethics enforcement.

That must include the creation of an ethics enforcement commission to investigate misdeeds in both the Legislature and the executive branch, including the governor's office.

Other Democrats, including Cuomo rival Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, have been advocating a special session to take on an overhaul of ethics enforcement.