Sentences with phrase «of the watchdog entity»

Agata will be the third executive director of the watchdog entity in its five - year history, and the third to have come to the panel from Cuomo's service.

The online process can be performed unilaterally by firms without JCOPE approval, according to two sources with knowledge of the watchdog entity's protocols.

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The DEC's lousy record of protecting the environment can best be studied at the website called Toxics Targeting, a watchdog entity.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and other government and budget watchdogs have criticized the proliferation of these entities and called for reform.

In 2011, Cuomo pushed an ethics overhaul measure that included greater disclosure of outside income and the creation of a new watchdog entity, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

JCOPE announced the hiring of Seth Agata, 57, on Tuesday for the top staff post at the watchdog entity, which polices the lobbying industry and investigates potential violations of public officers law.

The state Authorities Budget Office, a relatively young watchdog charged with overseeing such entities, applauded the bill signing as «a significant step forward in reforming the vast and archaic web of public authorities in New York.»

The watchdogs call for a «database of deals,» which would digitally compile every entity receiving funds from the state along with where each dollar is going; dramatic overhaul of the campaign finance system to eliminate the appearance or reality of pay - to - play; and a bill to restore the powers of the state comptroller to review procurement contracts for SUNY, CUNY, and Office of General Services before they are approved.