Sentences with phrase «public integrity»

And I think I would focus a lot of resources on the issue of public integrity.

Public integrity in this process has been compromised to the greatest extent already.

Like my father before me, I believe public integrity is paramount.

He likes to talk about public integrity and transparency.

Unless, some experts say, the governor grants it special public integrity powers.

Seems like a job for the local public integrity units of the New York Attorney General or United States Attorney.

«It certainly raises questions when contributions are made to groups that then turn around and endorse you,» said Goldfeder, who worked on public integrity matters for Cuomo when he was attorney general.

(The AG does NOT have subpoena power for public integrity cases, which is something Cuomo tried to change in the wake of Troopergate, but has declined to provide to his successor, AG Eric Schneiderman, now that he's governor).

Six months after he gave that speech, campaign finance reform is stalled and a new public integrity commission he has championed is seen as flawed by watchdog groups.

I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators.»

We did find some interesting files, most of which were in a box of records that contained the daily schedules and notebooks of Ellen Biben, Cuomo's former public integrity chief and now the state's top ethics watchdog, that contained some interesting — though not particularly explosive — materials.

Governor Cuomo must continue to show his commitment to restoring public integrity by again including language to close the loophole in his budget proposals.

Mesley, who is president of the Albany Police Officers Union, which is part of Council 82, also criticized Soares for his «pursuit of public integrity prosecutions.»

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance comes to Albany to push a new bill giving local law enforcement officials more power to prosecute elected officials who violate public integrity laws.

«There can be no question that a full ethics investigation into this improper exertion of state legislative influence by Senator Libous is required, either by virtue of this complaint or on the Commission's own initiative, in order to hold the state senator fully accountable to the standards of ethical conduct and public integrity state law requires of all members of the legislature.»

ALBANY — The uniquely private Joint Commission on Public Ethics remained mum following a four - hour secret discussion on Thursday, despite heavy media interest in public integrity questions involving the JCOPE chairwoman and the deputy majority leader of the Senate.

She previously served as the Special Deputy Chief of Staff in the New York Attorney General's Office, where she supervised high - profile initiatives involving public integrity.

His current research is on public ethics and the machinery of public integrity enforcement in western Europe.

(Nice public integrity mention on the day that AG Andrew Cuomo filed his second lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..)

During their press conference they called on the legislature and the county executive to stay true to promises of open, ethical goverment they recently made while passing public integrity legislation.

DiNapoli said he would like Schneiderman's successor to continue to work with his office as part of a joint public integrity strategy.

JOHN J. FLYNN ERIE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT 25 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, New York 14202 Fax Number (716) 858 - 7425

As attorney general, Cuomo made public integrity a central cause of his office, reeling in big fish like Alan Hevesi and Pedro Espada, and floating the tantalizing possibility of others, like Tom DiNapoli (more on him in a bit).

This results in a conflicted approach to public integrity measures, explaining why Cuomo is poised to sign off on a new budget that only superficially beefs up powers to police public corruption or install public financing of elections — while agreeing to dismantle the Moreland Commission he ostensibly created to overcome legislative resistance to cleaning up Albany.

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has named David Moore as the county's first office of public integrity director.

«As with all matters of alleged public integrity violations, our office does not comment on the existence or status of pending investigations,» Cecilia Walsh, a spokeswoman for Mr. Soares, said on Tuesday.

Vowing to appoint a commission on public integrity under the power the Moreland Act gives him isn't enough.

Notably left off Cuomo's law enforcement proposal today was any mention of the state attorney general, who has repeatedly asked for more power when it comes to investigating public integrity cases.

«The judge's instructions were right in the heartland of bribery,» said Edward Loya of Venable LLP, a former Justice Department public integrity prosecutor.

If anything, the question of public integrity following Halloran's departure has been the common thread.

ACCA provides a forum for students, practitioners, and faculty to explore issues surrounding public integrity, anti-bribery, transparency, regulatory compliance, white collar crime, and more.

wondered Roger Burlingame, the former chief of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office public integrity unit.

«Like my father before me, I believe public integrity is paramount,» Cuomo stated.

«During the campaign, I made a commitment that we would either pass real ethics reform with real disclosure and real enforcement or I would form a Moreland Commission on public integrity,» the governor cotinued.

The temptation will be for the governor to thunder and pontificate about public integrity, goosing his poll numbers.

But that may serve only to sharpen his claws for public integrity prosecutions.

Public integrity commission charges Paterson over Yankee tickets [NYP] Gov Slapped With Ethics Charge» [Daily Politics / NYDN]

«The WFP believes that New York needs an independent Attorney General who will be unafraid to stand up to the powerful and investigate Donald Trump and Wall Street crime, and will restore public integrity,» the party said.

Assistant District Attorneys assigned to this unit investigate and prosecute corruption and public integrity cases.

Cuomo has pushed the legislature to enact a series of ethics reforms in response to scandals and public pressure, but public integrity in New York is worse today than it was three years ago, according to a new 50 - state analysis.

Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian spends three episodes on the show in Season 5 as an agent with the Office of Public integrity who's determined to prove someone rigged Peter's election for governor of Illinois.

And in a turn that is likely to be most significant for his campaign, in 2014 he was indicted for corruption, on charges stemming from his veto of a $ 7.5 million appropriation for a public integrity unit, seen as a bid to pressure a district attorney to step down.

In future we will be recommended only to the extent that we have private and public integrity; what we say and do makes sense, is interesting and is useful; and we are known to back up what we say by what we do, even if it costs us.

I wonder what that man would have said, could I have asked him whether he was concerned about our nation's need for a renewal of powerful, ethical religion that would re-establish faith in spiritual realities and values, and elevate the standards of personal and public integrity.

«Public integrity was my top priority as New York Attorney General and it is as Governor.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has named a new director for the city's office of public integrity.

We have zero tolerance for any violation of the public integrity and the public trust.

Gov. David A. Paterson called on every member of the state's public integrity commission to resign on Wednesday in the wake of a damaging report about the commission's handling of an investigation into his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer.

«I am not doing any endorsements or getting involved in any local races, because we've ramped up our public integrity investigations,» Schneiderman said, in an interview with public radio and television.