Sentences with phrase «overhauling ethics laws»

Cuomo in 2010 campaigned, in part, on overhauling ethics laws in Albany.

But Cuomo says «there's more to do» on overhauling ethics laws and he touts his own proposals on tightening anti-bribery laws and giving more power to district attorneys around the state to tackle corruption.

Governor Cuomo could, as good government groups have suggested, compel the legislature to return for a special session to overhaul ethics laws, though the governor has made it clear in the past that he has no intention of doing so.

Not exact matches

She successfully worked with her state's legislature to overhaul government ethics laws and to fix her state's structural budget deficit.

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.

One clear take away is that the state's ethics oversight and openness laws were simply insufficient to curb such behaviors — a total overhaul is needed.

Despite appearing jointly together, both Skelos and Silver are far apart on whether to allow public financing of campaigns to move forward, a coming flashpoint in the effort to overhaul campaign finance and ethics laws in the wake of two corruption scandals.

Indeed, any sort of election law or ethics overhaul legislation is yet to be agreed to as the legislatives session enters its final 48 to 72 hours in Albany.

Sen. Mark Grisanti is putting his large campaign war chest to good work, releasing a 30 - second TV ad today that gives the Buffalo Republican credit for the tax code overhaul, last year's ethics law and the long sought UB2020 legislation.

Details of the contributors will likely be revealed once parts of the state's ethics overhaul law take effect later this year.

The Assembly should therefore take concrete steps to overhaul the rules that keep it from functioning effectively as a legislative body, and make clear to New Yorkers that it is serious about enacting comprehensive and much - needed reforms to its ethics laws.

What is notable is what is not in the agreement — legislative compensation overhaul, desperately needed stronger ethics enforcement with greater public transparency of votes, comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing that closes the LLC loophole and bans all personal use of campaign funds, strong disclosure and accountability for all executive and legislative discretionary lump sum funds, and a commitment to undertake the necessary examination and full - scale overhaul of our ethics and campaign finance laws.

During the first legislative session after her election as governor, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.

Keeping the ethics monitoring groups at current levels comes at a time when Mr. Cuomo, lawmakers and other state officials are all floating various ideas to strengthen existing ethics laws, including heightened disclosure requirements, increased penalties and an overhauled per - diem system.

Asked whether the group should voluntarily disclose where its money comes from, Mr. Cuomo responded by noting that an overhaul of the state ethics law for which he won passage last year will require the disclosure of donors in the future.

The prospect that any efforts to overhaul the state's ethics laws and impose reform on Albany will succeed this year is now uncertain.

Kaminsky said he has spoken with Republicans who control the Senate and he's come away with two reasons why some don't see the need for a major overhaul of ethics and corruption - related criminal laws.

What more motivation does the State Legislature need to enact a comprehensive overhaul of ethics laws that would require full disclosure of the source and amount of outside income, and how it was earned?

«We must restore honor and integrity to government with tough new ethics standards, expanded disclosure requirements, independent investigators to root out and punish corruption, and an overhaul of campaign finance laws,» said Cuomo.

The committee is not bound by law to release the individual donors, but the ethics overhaul passed last year may require the coalition to release the individual donors.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will call for an overhaul of Albany's ethics laws, including an end to outside income and per diem payments, and an increase in legislative pay, in a speech to the good government group Citizens Union on Monday evening.

We hope that this is the first step in a journey to overhaul New York's woefully inadequate ethics laws.»