Sentences with phrase «of legislative leaders»

Despite the arrests of the legislative leaders and the on going corruption probes, there is no new ethics reform as part of the end of session package.

The late negotiations meant that full details of the spending package weren't available as the votes began, forcing the public and even lawmakers to rely on promises of legislative leaders.

He made a concerted effort to remove politics from the affair by inviting a relatively small number of friends and family and only a handful of legislative leaders.

That was the first year that the state and federal primaries did not fall on the same day, thanks to the inability of legislative leaders to agree on a date.

Critics have said the commission is not sufficiently independent of legislative leaders and the governor.

2015 will most be remembered for the shocking fall of both legislative leaders.

He said that the replacement of legislative leaders resulted in the loss of two or three months of work.

I heard one of the legislative leaders speaking about the need to fund the education of children in poverty.

He mentioned by name U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who scored convictions of legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos last year, as he advocated for ethical fixes that include stripping pensions of any lawmakers convicted of a crime.

The Cuomo administration, over the objections of legislative leaders who favored the Catskills, insisted on including Orange County among the areas eligible for a license.

«The commission can not be described as independent when eight of the ten members are the hand picked appointees of legislative leaders», and two are «essentially political appointees by proxy», wrote Judge Patrick McGrath.

«I don't think we're going to have an agreement on the MOU in the next couple of days,» Klein, leader of the Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, said as he emerged from a closed - door meeting of legislative leaders in Cuomo's office.

But under the radar this year, as lawmakers tussled over issues like rent regulations, mayoral control of city schools and the ouster of the legislative leaders of both houses, all but one of the Women's Equality Act bills quietly passed the Legislature.

The mayor has had a rocky histroy in Albany, seeing some of his signature legacy projects die at the hands of legislative leaders, including the West Side stadium and congrestion pricing.

Carl Paladino, the party's 2010 nominee for governor, has said he would seek the Conservative Party nomination if the GOP candidate didn't push for the ouster of legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly.

Discretionary funds like SAM, which let state agencies direct money for everything from new ball fields in the Bronx to police cars in Rochester, have come under increasing focus this year after the arrest and conviction of legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

Dean Skelos and Silver were among a group dubbed the «three men in a room» in Albany, a nod to the long - standing practice of legislative leaders and the governor negotiating key bills behind closed doors.

But Kolb said that's not enough, given the spate of corruption scandals at the Capitol that have led to the arrests of both legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly.

At a news conference in Manhattan, Mr. Paterson — who appoints seven of the commission's thirteen members directly and the remaining six on the recommendation of legislative leaders, the attorney general, and the comptroller — said that the inspector - general's report had compromise the commission so thoroughly that a clean sweep was required.

Maio, who seldom speaks on any subject outside of law enforcement, seems more comfortable counting noses on votes, the most fundamental responsibility of any legislative leader.

He disclaimed any intention to influence the selection of legislative leaders, saying it's a counterproductive effort for an executive, but pivoted to saying that he would work with Democrats even though «that's not what people want to hear.»

His conviction caps a tumultuous year in Albany that saw the arrest and conviction of both legislative leaders by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan.

Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year in his bid for re-election, called the bill limiting the terms of legislative leaders and committee chairs a good first step.

The arrest of Skelos is the second this year alone of a legislative leader for corruption — a seemingly unprecedented situation for the Capitol.

Meanwhile, none of the legislative leaders would tip their hands on whether rent control regulations should be altered or linked to an extension of the 421a abatement.

A handful of legislative leaders agreed to reveal incomes - most surprisingly, Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who admitted making more than $ 250,000 as CEO of the nonprofit Soundview Health Center.

The negotiations have been conducted by a tiny group of legislative leaders and President Obama's top aides.

Amid a push to clean up Albany following a series of scandals that rocked the Senate and Assembly — including the convictions of both legislative leaders last year — as well as ongoing corruption probes into economic development spending in upstate New York, most voters, 56 percent to 27 percent, believe the measures approved in June won't lead to a significant reduction in fraud and corruption.

This plan would not have been possible without the support of our legislative leaders, and several key policies in support of «Bending the Curve» have already been enacted this year in the budget, including:

In light of the ongoing follies we've seen in the New York State Senate, in particular, and the supreme arrogance of legislative leaders of both parties, in general, we're not certain that desire to abide by the will of the people is always present in the Capitol.

With two scheduled session days remaining before the programs expire Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo and other legislators began speaking more openly about how the cloud of scandal — including the indictment of both legislative leaders — has made it more difficult to get things done.

Cuomo says that makes a mockery of the legislative leaders» claims.

Cuomo, however, believes he's radically shifted the Albany power dynamic and weakened the role of the legislative leaders, Democrat Shelly Silver in the Assembly and Skelos, the leader of the State Senate Republican majority.

I heard one of the legislative leaders say repeatedly that revenue options need to be on the table and advocated for.

A new Harris Poll reports 93 % of U.S. adults have a negative view of our legislative leaders.

Vocal New York has so far focused on Cuomo, but they are planning a town hall meeting Thursday in the Bronx and have invited two of the legislative leaders who represent portions of the Bronx, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate co-leader Jeff Klein.

The State Legislature so far has balked at measures to ban outside income for state legislators, adopt term limits or restrict the extraordinary power of legislative leaders, which are among the issues at the heart of the conviction of Silver and the ongoing corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre).

Judge Patrick McGrath wrote that «the commission can not be described as independent when eight of the ten members are the hand picked appointees of legislative leaders,» and two are «essentially political appointees by proxy.»

«No, it will not be in the budget,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie after a joint meeting of legislative leaders on the budget.

But there is something less horse - racey and more profound that will happen if redistricting is taken out of the hands of legislative leaders, and put into the hands of an ostensibly independent commission, as mandated by Cuomo's bill: Albany will become a less hospitable place for unpresentable hacks.

Full details of what's in the budget still weren't available late Tuesday, forcing the public and even lawmakers to rely on promises of legislative leaders.

John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany, said: «So far there has is no sign that the arrests of the legislative leaders has changed how Albany does business.

The two politicians were among a group dubbed the «three men in a room» in Albany, a nod to the longstanding practice of legislative leaders and the governor negotiating key bills behind closed doors.

And when it avoids other issues — like stricter ethical rules in the wake of the convictions of legislative leaders Silver and Dean Skelos.

The Moreland probes helped lead to the corruption convictions of both of the legislative leaders who were in power in 2013, and the conviction of the governor's former closest aide, Joe Percoco, on bribery charges.

The Majority's plan does not include any of the most important ingredients for reforming Albany and diminishing the power of legislative leaders to game the system and rule with an iron fist.