Sentences with phrase «of ethics reform measures»

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Depending on who you ask, the legislative session was a productive six months in which a range of policy measures from an increase to the state's minimum wage, paid family leave to new ethics reform and anti-heroin addiction legislation was accomplished.

At the same time, the ethics watchdogs criticized Cuomo, who proposed the initial measure in June, for not going far enough on reform measures in Albany in the wake of a series of corruption scandals and arrests that have plagued the Legislature.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are seizing on a Siena College poll released Tuesday morning that found a broad majority of voters want ethics reform and anti-corruption measures approved this year.

State lawmakers are expected to consider a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures when they return to Albany for the post-budget session next Tuesday.

Even without investigations dominating the headlines, lawmakers were likely to contend with growing calls for ethics and campaign finance reform measures following the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to 12 years in prison.

Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from Yonkers, confirmed that issues such as voter reform measures and changes to the state's ethics laws had fallen out of the budget talks.

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.

An ethics reform measure approved by the New York State Legislature at the end of the legislative session still hasn't been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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 laws.

An ethics reform measure approved by the New York legislature at the end of the legislative session still hasn't been signed by Governor Cuomo.

Today is the final day of the legislative session in Albany, and state lawmakers in both chambers have been under pressure to pass some version of ethics or anti-corruption reform measures in the wake of corruption scandals that have engulfed both chambers.

Cuomo introduced the legislation in the final weeks of the session after additional ethics and campaign finance reform measures he proposed failed to gain any traction.

Cuomo was pushed by ethics watchdogs this past legislative session to focus on government reform measures, many of which stood little chance of passing in the Assembly and Senate.

A push for ethics and other reform - related measures was virtually non-existent in the wake of the arrest of now former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in May.

After 97 % of those surveyed by Siena indicate they desired real ethics reform measures be enacted we get Beagle bills, cat declawing legislation, Daily fantasy sports, the right to drink on Sunday morning and a lot of sorry excuses and finger pointing concerning ethics in government.

Still, even as a number of other measures melted away from the budget talks, Cuomo stuck with including education reforms, as well as ethics legislation, in the final budget agreement.

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.

Assembly Democrats on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures including limits to outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture by public officials convicted of corruption.

A five - point ethics reform deal contains more useful measures to combat corruption, including reducing the size of financial contributions to political candidates needed to trigger disclosure and adding further restrictions to the political action committees that flourished after the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

ALBANY — State lawmakers were assembling the skeleton of a long - awaited deal on a number of issues on Thursday evening, including a one - year extension of Mayor Bill de Blasio's control of New York City schools and an ethics reform measure that would strip state pensions from elected officials convicted of a felony.

Another legislative source said Silver, under intense pressure from Cuomo and his fellow Assembly members to pass meaningful ethics reform, concluded the ethics measure was needed to «to help the Legislature get out from under a cloud of scandal.»

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.

Here's hoping that the apparent rhetorical reluctance to put ethics reform at the top of the governor's legislative agenda does not reflect a lack of interest on his part to advance meaningful measures to reform Albany.

In anticipation of this week's special election in Harlem, the IDC released a video, calling on all 32 Democrats — the number required to pass legislation — to join them in declaring their support for progressive measures like ethics and voting reform, codifying a woman's right to choose, and more.

If passed, the measure would dramatically expand on a pension forfeiture provision of a 2011 ethics reform package that only applied to public officials not already in the state pension system at the time — that is to say, no sitting lawmakers.

NEW YORK - Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday inserted himself squarely in the debate on ethics reforms by proposing a slate of measures that would tackle the culture of corruption in Albany.

A day after squabbling with state lawmakers over the best way to achieve ethics reform and before the anticipated opening of indictments in a sweeping pay - to - play scandal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday unveiled a long list of anti-corruption measures.

The Comptroller's report included a lengthy chart showing the legislature's inaction on ethics reform, criticizing the fact that, among other things, the budget «intentionally omits» measures such as requiring advisory opinions on legislators» outside income, closing the LLC loophole in corporate political contributions, and extending the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) to cover the Legislature.

Cuomo's wide - ranging, 10 - point ethics reform agenda advocates for a public campaign financing system, early voting, and several additional measures that reform - minded advocates and legislators have been calling for, as well as others of his own.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

When a 2008 initiative, Measure 10, which would have banned the use of tax money for campaigns or lobbying and restricted political contributions by government contractors was defeated, its committee chair Jim Anderson noted, «We'll be able to prepare accordingly next time, knowing that the real opposition to ethics reform in South Dakota is NEA union officials back east.»