Sentences with phrase «reform of a constitutional amendment»

«Where we are is if, if, if,» Cuomo said, reiterating that the political boundaries as proposed by Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats must be fairer and coupled with the reform of a constitutional amendment plus a law for this year.

Not exact matches

The people under the most pressure are the Senate Republicans, all of whom signed Koch's three - pronged pledge (it also included budget and ethics reform), only to turn around and pass a constitutional amendment that would overhaul the process in time for the 2022 elections but leave it in all it's partisan and un-independent glory this year.

Here's a cautionary tale lawmakers will likely forget all about in 10 years when the next round of redistricting comes up — unless Cuomo's constitutional amendment on redistricting reform passes and turns out to be effective.

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

Progressivism, a populist reform movement in the early twentieth century, espoused by Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and grounded in Protestant moralism, which sought to make government both more responsive to the plight of the people, for instance using Constitutional amendments to deal with social problems like alcoholism and using government force to quash monopolies, and at the same time more representative of the will of the electorate, for instance instituting more democracy like the direct election of Senators and ending the corruption of Machine politics in the cities.

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Samuels» ultimate goal is a constitutional amendment that would make redistricting reform permanent and not subject to the whims of the Legislature, which could amend at will any statute passed to change the system.

Martins told Long Island Business News: «I fully and unequivocally support redistricting reform and voted in favor of the most recent constitutional amendment that was passed by the Senate... Unfortunately, there are still those who would have the very process of reform turned on its head to become a bitter, partisan one.»

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals, including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping public officials of their pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.

MPs voted 365 votes to 187 in favour of supporting the proposed amendment to the the Constitutional Reform bill.

The comptroller's debt reform proposal includes a constitutional amendment to limit all state - funded debt to 5 percent of personal income beginning in the 2027 - 28 fiscal year.

As a result of the episode, lawmakers have called for reforms in how ballot language is written for constitutional amendments.

There has also been a lot of fighting over redistricting reform, with the Senate GOP (and the IDC) passing a constitutional amendment bill that Koch says does not meet NY Uprising standards.

Assembly Democrats on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures including limits to outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture by public officials convicted of corruption.

By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New York.

These comments were based on his September 1, 2005, analysis of the budget reform constitutional amendments.

Republicans favor a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process, but Democrats complain that will put off reform another 10 years, avoiding the redrawing of district lines next year.

To restore the public trust in public service, he's leading the effort to bring ethics reform to Albany by helping to pass a constitutional amendment stripping officials convicted of a felony of their taxpayer - funded retirement and instituting term limits on legislative leadership position, ensuring no one can accumulate entrenched power and use it to his or her advantage.

Samuels is pursuing a constitutional convention and the passage of a slate of amendments to the state's governing document that range from election and campaign finance reforms, environmental protections and equal rights.

Unfortunately, under the so - called reform that the governor extracted as part of the redistricting agreement, the proposed constitutional amendment to change New York's process will do nothing to reform the problem of unequal representation.

Stec congratulated Stefanik and said he would work hard on behalf of both election reform and continue to fight against corruption in Albany, specifically seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by next year that would call for stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their public pensions.

Some said they voted for the new lines because they were fair, or because of another bill that provided a constitutional amendment to reform the redistricting process next time around in 2022.

We need real voting reforms: automatic and pre-voter registration, early voting, a constitutional amendment to allow same - day voter registration and mail - in voting, and enough funding, training and reforms to the state and county boards of elections to stop screw - ups like the massive Brooklyn voter purge.

The governor announced that he would seek an array of good government reforms from the State Legislature, a number of them familiar: preventing donors from circumventing contribution caps through the creation of shell limited liability corporations; enhancing personal financial disclosures; creating a public financing system; and instating constitutional amendments to establish term limits for Albany lawmakers (though not Cuomo and the current class of legislators), extend the legislative session from six months to year - round and ban outside income.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director, of Common Cause / NY, says a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process in the future is not enough and that real reform must be made to the system this time around.

DiNapoli called for a host of reforms to curtail state borrowing, including a constitutional amendment to limit total debt to 5 % of New York's personal income and a ban on so - called back - door borrowing — the issuance of state - funded debt through public authorities and other entities.

But instead, setting a pattern for the fate of his reform promises, Cuomo cut a deal: keep this set of lines — which will remain in place for ten years, boosting the G.O.P.'s chance to hold the Senate — in exchange for reducing pensions for new public employees, authorizing casino gambling and this constitutional amendment, which will change the process for 2022.

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Both pieces cite the 2014 Senate Reform Reference, in which the Supreme Court held that Parliament could not impose consultative elections or term limits of senators as this would require a constitutional amendment and the consent of at least seven provinces representing at least fifty - percent of the population.