Sentences with phrase «of ethics reform packages»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

A version of the bill was included in an Assembly Minority ethics reform package and did not make it into the budget.

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.

State legislators would be required to report outside income of more than $ 1,000 and disclose the name of law clients who pay them more than $ 5,000 under an ethics - reform package unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Fred LeBrun writes Cuomo is «dead wrong» if he thinks passing an ethics reform package in the wake of the scandals will help state government's image with the public.

Klein and Cuomo had sought public finance and other reforms, as part of a budget deal, but in the end settled for a more limited ethics package that would strengthen the regulation of campaign violations and enact stiffer anti bribery laws.

The groups wrote Cuomo a letter and are requesting that the governor meet with legislative leaders to work out an ethics reform package that includes restructuring of the Board.

Lawmakers» hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

Onondaga County lawmakers are looking at a trio of packages targeting ethics reform.

«We are reviewing them with members,» Whyland continued, «and we continue to negotiate in good faith on all of the issues — including the ethics reform package.

In January, the governor unveiled a «comprehensive package» of ethics and good government reforms, which included appointing a chief procurement officer, expanding the Freedom of Information Law to the state legislature, and closing the «LLC loophole,» which essentially allows corporations to exceed campaign donation limits.

Lawmakers hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Governor Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has said lawmakers can choose to clean up their acts or face repeated prosecutions, said Cuomo's package was «welcome news,» but hoped lawmakers would «use today's announcement as another clear sign that Albany must pass comprehensive ethics reform before the end of session.»

In January, the governor made closing the LLC loophole a key plank of his government ethics reform package.

This increase was explicitly linked by Gov. Mario Cuomo to an ethics reform package that required lawmakers to disclose some details about their outside employment and limit the types of work they could perform for clients.

One of the final pieces to come together was an ethics reform package, which will provide greater disclosure of lawmaker's outside income.

Instead, Astorino, the Republican county executive of Westchester took a direct shot at the Legislature, releasing a 10 - point ethics reform package that called for everything from term limits and a less generous state pension system for state lawmakers to an overhaul of the state's Byzantine campaign finance laws.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and leaders of the scandal - scarred Legislature agreed on a sweeping ethics - reform package late yesterday that will at long last force lawmakers to publicly disclose their outside incomes and name clients they represent before the state.

Could he advance a comprehensive reform package that was commensurate with the unprecedented ethics, campaign finance and elections failings of the state?

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

At the end of the legislative session last year, Cuomo was annoyed that lawmakers had rejected his ethics reform package, even after several lawmakers had been indicted, jailed, or found to be wearing wires in ongoing FBI probes.

Jim Gaughran, the Democratic opponent of Republican Sen. Carl Marcellino on Thursday is set to release an ethics reform package aimed at campaign finance reform and recalling elected officials whose actions impact taxpayers.

At the moment, no additional information was available on the second agreement announced on Friday along with a package of ethics and lobbying reform legislation.

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

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put creation of a Moreland Act Commission on the fast track since the Legislature declined to pass his ethics and campaign finance reform package.

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.

Cuomo briefly previewed what may be included in his 2016 ethics and campaign finance reform package, including making closure of the «LLC loophole» a priority.

He has shown spine by introducing a comprehensive Albany ethics - reform package and withholding state payments to keep New York out of bankruptcy.

Later in the week, the governor announced another package of ethics reforms that he promised would end the unrelenting scandals that have plagued state government.

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.

But in March 2014, Cuomo, whose administration had been accused of interfering with the panel, ordered it discontinued, after a package of ethics reforms was passed by the state legislature.

Mr. Cuomo insists that the commission was no longer needed because — believe it or not — Albany's ethics problems have been solved, by a package of reforms that was part of the negotiated budget deal.

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.

«We are reviewing them with members and we continue to negotiate in good faith with the governor on all of the issues, including an ethics reform package.»

The ethics package outlined by the governor and Assembly speaker Wednesday incorporates just some of this year's the ethics reform proposals.

The push for voter registration reform, namely making it easier to register to vote, was first proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State address as part of his broader ethics reform package introduced at the time.

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.

Gov. Cuomo is signaling he wants a stronger package of ethics reforms from state lawmakers before signing off on a pay raise for state lawmakers.

Government reform groups widely condemned the ethics package as too weak for failing to achieve public financing of campaigns, and said Cuomo should not have given up the commission.

With the corruption scandals that have roiled the state; the last - minute flurry of legislation this past June and watered - down ethics reform packages, there's not a lot to love about the way our state government is functioning right now.

Malick told the audience she has pledged to support the full package of reforms championed by Demand Democracy, which includes publicly funded elections, enhanced protection of voting rights, and ethics reform in Albany.

The groups wrote Cuomo a letter and are requesting that the governor meet now with legislative leaders to work out an ethics reform package that includes restructuring of the Board.