Sentences with phrase «of ethics reform»

Trying to make his reality less gloomy than all that — and, to be fair, surely with the genuine intent of reducing misbehavior in all branches of government — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has included a package of ethics reform proposals in the agenda he laid out in a series of State of the State speeches around the state this week.

«The strongest piece of ethics reform was pension forfeiture: That's what the people wanted,» he said.

18) The commission decided to hold off on issuing new subpoenas until it was able to determine what the legislative leaders might agree to in terms of ethics reform.

ALBANY — Staking out a broad vision of ethics reform amid a swirl of other proposals in the capital, New York's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, called for an elimination of all outside jobs for state legislators and the end of a widely criticized system of per diem payments.

In total, Cuomo proposed a dozen policies part of his ethics reform package, and he has since maintained that while ethics was not addressed in the state budget it remains a top priority.

The opening day of the legislative session featured talk of ethics reform, but Governor 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.

During the legislative session, when the good - government groups criticized Cuomo for a lack of ethics reform action, a Cuomo spokesman took a clear shot at them, saying «more disclosure by not - for - profits as to who actually funds them» and «whether they are shadow lobbyists» were topics under discussion.

NEW YORK CITY — New Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie promised a new era of ethics reform and «accountability» after being elected to replace his disgraced predecessor Sheldon Silver.

The governor and lawmakers have received generally poor reviews for their productivity in the second half of this year's session — especially on the topic of ethics reform.

The commission was abruptly disbanded by Cuomo in March when lawmakers agreed to a watered - down version of ethics reform.

«I don't think it helps the atmosphere for negotiations to veto the bill,» said Senator Eric T. Schneiderman, the leading Senate sponsor of the ethics reform legislation.

The Senate GOP has also been reluctant to take up the broader issue of ethics reform before the state budget is approved.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announce the details of their ethics reform plan.

He quietly put an end to the commission in April after winning a series of ethics reform concessions from the state legislature, irking good government groups and Mr. Bharara because they believed the Moreland Commission was terminated prematurely.

«For decades, DeFrancisco has been the number one enemy of ethics reform in Albany,» Berman said.

Earlier this year, state lawmakers, as part of an ethics reform package, implemented a swipe - card system and other measures intended to prevent abuses of travel vouchers.

Skelos» conviction, like Silver's on Nov. 30, is a huge victory for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who more and more is becoming the public's best hope in decades for cleaning up Albany as the governor and Legislature only tinker on the edges of ethics reform.

However, these new indictments are a reminder that Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership has been absent on the issue of ethics reform.

In the wake of the corruption scandal that brought down former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver at the beginning of this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package of ethics reform measures and vowed to force the Legislature's hand in accepting it as part of this year's budget deal — even if that meant shutting down the government.

The campaign said in a statement: «For decades, DeFrancisco has been the number one enemy of ethics reform in Albany.»

WBFO Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt discusses the lack of ethics reform with Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters.

The Times reserved special criticism for Cuomo on the issue of ethics reform, accusing him of failing to push for campaign finance reform and mishandling the Moreland Commission that was set up to investigate corruption.

After running on a platform of ethics reform, he has introduced bills to prevent elected officials from «double dipping» by collecting retirement while still in office and increasing a legislator's term from two to four years.

Talking to Bartiromo on Sunday, Cuomo stuck by his position that the defunct ethics panel was a success, and that while legislative leaders didn't enact all of the ethics reform he had sought, lawmakers still approved a package of laws that moves things forward.

Silver's prison term, along with the pending sentencing of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos later this month, sparked talk of ethics reform at the Capitol (though what actually gets done is anyone's guess).

«There's been a lot of ethics reform,» Hochul said.

The measure, known as the Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget bill, included a suite of ethics reform legislation that address client disclosure for state lawmakers who are attorneys as well as per diem and campaign finance reform.

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a package of ethics reform legislation that would cap outside income, strengthen disclosure requirements and close a loophole in campaign finance laws that guarantees unlimited contributions from limited liability corporations.

The latest iteration of ethics reform comes after Manhattan Democrat Sheldon Silver was arrested last month on corruption charges.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.»

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.»

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.

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.