Sentences with phrase «on ethics reform proposals»

When the legislative session ended on June 21, New York lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals in light of an economic development scandal in the Cuomo Administration.

A Republican led Senate also likely means a continued stalemate on some ethics reform proposals.

A Republican - led Senate also likely means a continued stalemate on some ethics reform proposals.

When the state legislative session ended on June 21, lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals made in light of the economic development scandal in the Cuomo administration.

When the legislative session ended on June 21, lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals in light of an economic development scandal in the Cuomo administration.

There's still no final three way deal on an ethics reform proposal at the State Capitol.

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In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

Gov. Cuomo Proposes Public Financing of Elections in State of the State Address In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

Reform groups are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo an A for effort on his ethics proposals, but they say some of them need to go further, and Cuomo needs to follow through and actually get the plans enacted into law.

It should be noted that Silver reportedly is ready to get all the way on board with the governor's ethics reform proposal — even the part that would require him to fully disclose his client list at Weitz & Luxenberg, which is something that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also of counsel (at the Long Island firm of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek), doesn't seem all that interested in doing.

My father's administration saw Speakers indicted, saw assemblymen go to jail, he established commissions, he made proposals, he wrote reforms, he wrote books on ethics reforms.

Cuomo also said he's standing firm on ethics reform, and called debate over the inclusion of policy proposals in the budget a «red herring.»

On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that, in the case of ethics reform for example, are even stronger than what is included in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Speaker of the Assembly say they hope the State Senate will sign on to their joint proposal for ethics reform, as a new poll finds the governor with dropping job approval numbers.

During his 2018 State of the State speech on Wednesday in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo spent little time on government ethics reform, but did address at somewhat greater length his proposals to increase access to the ballot box and change state campaign finance law.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the speaker of the Assembly say they hope the state Senate will sign on to their joint proposal for ethics reform, as a new poll finds the governor with dropping job approval numbers.

In the wake of the arrest of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges, many legislators and the governor have floated proposals for ethics reform.

Reform groups are giving Governor Cuomo an A for effort on his ethics proposals, but they say some of them need to go further, and Cuomo needs to follow through and actually get the plans enacted into law.

And he consistently opposes ethics reform or disclosure requirements, including a proposal this year that would have required lawmakers to sign their names to earmarks, on the grounds that voters police lawmakers» actions.

And on Tuesday, the Democratic speaker said ethics reforms were also on the agenda, but would not say when his colleagues would take a formal position on one of Cuomo's latest proposals: restricting legislators» ability to earn outside income.

According to the official, Cuomo will detail his proposals for government reform and ethics during a speech in Albany on Wednesday.

UPDATE: Legislative majority Chief of Staff Steven Whipple said the legislature is acting and has acted on ethics reform but Poloncarz's proposal is inadequate.

«I don't want to come back on your show a year form now after we do some half - baked ethics reform proposal and it's not enough, and we're back to where we started from.»

ALBANY — Calling his government reform proposal «the whole loaf,» «the ultimate remedy,» «the most aggressive ethics reform we've ever seen» and «the most dramatic and aggressive [package] in the country,» Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday reiterated his suggestion he could shut down the government if legislators don't approve a state budget that includes the plan.

«I have put forth a number of times sweeping proposals on ethics reforms.

Recent ideas for reform have drawn on diverse sources, including the Carnegie Report, 6 as well as newly proposed recommendations for «best practices» in legal education7 and highly publicized accounts of changes in law school curricula at elite schools like Harvard.8 Like several earlier proposals, 9 these reform efforts concentrate on law schools» failure to deal systematically with training for legal practice, as well as on these schools» haphazard approach to teaching legal ethics.