Sentences with phrase «on corruption in state government»

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, speaking last night at a panel on corruption in state government at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, took a shot at some of Cuomo's actions.

Speaking at a panel on corruption in state government at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara took a shot at some of Governor Andrew Cuomo's actions.

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Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.

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In a statement, Cox said the buck should stop with the governor on the issue of corruption in state governmenIn a statement, Cox said the buck should stop with the governor on the issue of corruption in state governmenin state government.

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenIn this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenin New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenin state government.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

Nixon went on to critique the governor's record on ethics, saying he closed down a Moreland Act Commission that was actively investigating corruption in state government, and earlier this month saw his former closest aide convicted of bribery.

In her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the.In her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the.in state government and inequality across the...

Lerner says New York state government has had «corruption scandal after corruption scandal» and elected officials should not try to interfere in the process, and «try to put their thumb on the scale.»

Nixon went on to criticize inequality in the state, which she blamed on policy choices like tax cuts for corporations and wealthier New Yorkers, and called out corruption in state government.

«Depending on what happens in the trials, the corruption parade could drive the session,» said Blair Horner, a longtime state government watchdog with the New York Public Interest Research Group.

While the New York attorney general's office does sometimes investigate public corruption, it often focuses on acting as the attorney for state government agencies in civil matters.

Lerner said New York state government has had «corruption scandal after corruption scandal,» and elected officials should not try to interfere in the process and «try to put their thumb on the scale.»

Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.

Stating how his administration would be different from the country's successive governments, Mr Agyapong said a CPP government would cut down on government expenditure and put money in the pocket of Ghanaians, capture the data of Ghanaians on a common data base and eliminate corruption which he said was destroying the country.

The ad splices footage from Cuomo's gubernatorial announcement speech during which he said things like «we're tired of seeing New Yorkers victimized by government corruption in Albany» with a clip of him leaning over to kiss Silver on the cheek at an undated state Democratic Party event.

In a rare visit to Albany on Monday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York's Southern District appealed to honest politicians and others in state government to call out corruption when they see iIn a rare visit to Albany on Monday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York's Southern District appealed to honest politicians and others in state government to call out corruption when they see iin state government to call out corruption when they see it.

In her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the statIn her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the statin state government and inequality across the state.

Government watch dog groups say the arrest of one of the two most powerful men in the New York legislature on fraud and corruption charges highlights the need for better state laws against wrong doing.

«We will keep looking hard at corruption in our legislative branch as we have been, but not just there, but in the executive branch, too — both in city and state government,» Bharara said on April 12 at a gala hosted by the good - government group Common Cause, where he suggested there should be more efforts at government reform.

But the Moreland Commission was actually split on whether public financing should be included as a cure for corruption in state government.

With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform.

Evidence introduced in the ongoing corruption and bribery trial of former Yonkers Councilwoman Sandy Annabi has cast the spotlight on another public official: state Senator Tom Libous, who, according to witness testimony, pushed a law firm to hire his son — and inflate his starting salary — in exchange for steering government business toward the firm's practice.

The developments come as US Attorney Preet Bharara, in an interview on MSNBC, says there are a number of ongoing investigations involving corruption and state government.

While the governor is clearly going big on infrastructure - with plans that could total $ 100 billion in costs, according to his office - he has promised to lead with ethics as lawmakers continue to fall to corruption convictions, trust in Albany is low, and New Yorkers say Cuomo has not done enough to clean up state government.

Since a slew of major political scandals have erupted in New York and Albany is the seat of state government, I figured a workshop on public corruption would be on the bill.

After a successful attack on corruption in New York's state government, the hard - charging federal prosecutor in Manhattan appears to have set his sights on New York City.

This morning, Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governstate government.

Then in January, Silver was arrested on federal charges as part of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against corruption in the state government.

Similarly, 78 percent thought that Governor Cuomo's decision to shut down the Moreland Commission, which was investigating corruption in the state legislature, was a political deal struck with legislative leaders, rather than a «decision based on good government.»

Sheldon Silver, who held a seemingly intractable grip on power for decades as one of the most feared politicians in New York State, was found guilty on Monday of federal corruption charges, ending a trial that was the capstone of the government's efforts to expose the seamy culture of influence - peddling in Albany.

Joe Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is facing trial on federal corruption charges, «threatened» at least four top state government officials who were considering getting jobs in the private sector, prosecutors claim.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner told New York state legislators on the Joint Budget Committee on Monday that she believes there needs to be government reform in New York state to address corruption.

Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who endured for decades as one of the most powerful figures in state government, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in November on multiple corruption charges.

ALBANY — When announcing the formal creation of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics in late 2011, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the new entity would use its «robust enforcement powers» to «aggressively investigate corruption and help maintain integrity in state government.»

Writing in the Guardian, he delivered a scathing attack on Labour, assailing the nanny state and listing Labour's perceived failures: the government's treatment of the sick and disabled, its tremulous retreat on freedom of information, its centralising instincts and the cosy corruption of old Labour rotten boroughs.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner called on New York state legislators to enact different types of government reform to fight corruption in a testimony to the New York State Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Mostate legislators to enact different types of government reform to fight corruption in a testimony to the New York State Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on MoState Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Monday.

Touted as the key ethics measure approved at the end of the legislative session in June, the bill has been opposed by good - government organizations for failing to address the root causes of corruption in state government and placing an overdue burden on non-profit entities.

Advocates cite the good polling on public financing, their grassroots support and, of course, the parade of corruption scandals that have hit state government in the last two months.

At 2 p.m., key elected officials representing all levels of state government join reform advocates in calling on their colleagues to support efforts to end political corruption, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

After a successful attack on corruption in New York's state government, the hard - charging federal prosecutor in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, appears to have set his sights on New York City.

More recently, she served on the Moreland Commission, empowered to investigate corruption in state government.

The governor also focused on a related reform proposal to give the state's District Attorneys more powers to prosecute corruption related crimes in state government, like bribery and embezzlement.

Supporters say it's a once - in - a-generation chance to fix a state government rife with corruption and with restrictions on voting access.

In the 1980s, following a series of corruption scandals, Gov. Mario Cuomo set up a Moreland Commission called the Commission on Government Integrity (also sometimes referred to as the Feerick Commission, for its head, John D. Feerick) to investigate the state's campaign finance system.

«We also urge the government to appoint «integrity advisors» as «early warning mechanism» for the SIP to monitor the implementation of the scheme across the states of the federation, identify and alert on any risks of fraud and corruption, and engage in analysing such risks, as well as in corruption prevention and reporting activities in general.

Cox also accused the governor of trying to send a message to Vance at at time when the Republicans have formally called on the prosecutor to investigate the Cuomo administration for corruption after it was revealed in a federal trial that Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to the governor, continued to use his government office after leaving the state payroll to run Cuomo's 2014 re-eelction campaign, which would violate state law.

«The Joint Commission on Public Ethics is an independent monitor that will aggressively investigate corruption and help maintain integrity in state government,» Governor Cuomo said.