That official will
review state contracts «with an eye towards eliminating any wrongdoing, conflicts of interest or collusion,» Cuomo said in an release outlining his plans.»
DiNapoli's office is pushing to once again
review state contracts for major economic development programs; a power taken away in 2011.
Cuomo said he will appoint a chief procurement officer for his own executive branch to
review all state contracts — potentially a good idea.
Groups called for changes such as a «Database of Deals» and the restoration of power to the state comptroller to
review state contracts.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating a new position to
review state contracts following charges of bid - rigging in state economic development programs.
This person, like the comptroller, will have the ability to
review all state contracts and disbursements.
DeFrancisco's bill would restore power to Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office with the ability of
reviewing state contracts and procurement for economic development programs.
The comptroller's office stated it plays a critical role in
reviewing state contracts to ensure best value of taxpayer dollars.
- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; -
Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;
That person will be charged with
reviewing all state contracts, with an eye towards eliminating any wrongdoing, conflicts of interest or collusion.
Not exact matches
Currently, some companies»
contracts state that customers are not allowed to post negative
reviews on social media or websites like Yelp, otherwise they can seek damages.
In the United
States, she is a recovering lawyer (inactive) and consults with other lawyers on Civil Appeals, Civil Litigation,
Contract Review, and Litigation Prevention.
The Company has
reviewed the latest position and believes that, even if some or all of the additional troops now on standby were to be deployed, the overall losses to be incurred on this
contract would remain within the previously
stated estimate of # 35m - # 50m.»
If
state contracts have to be competitively bid and
reviewed by the comptroller's office, what outright discrimination do they think is happening?
The change that also affects CUNY
contracts came when Cuomo took office and moved swiftly to accrue more power over
state funds and eliminate what he termed «duplicative and wasteful»
review of
contracts.
Pre-contract
review by the
State Comptroller of contracts issued by all state entities, including all SUNY, all state non-profits and all state authori
State Comptroller of
contracts issued by all
state entities, including all SUNY, all state non-profits and all state authori
state entities, including all SUNY, all
state non-profits and all state authori
state non-profits and all
state authori
state authorities.
Federal and
state investigators are
reviewing contracts into the Buffalo Billion as well as issues surrounding
contracting at SUNY Polytechnic.
His signs loan
contracts on behalf of the
state, his daughters, brother and nephews have taken over the oil industry, his nephew has been offered of lucrative
contract to
review all
contracts signed under the previous administration, his former wife appointed appointed an ambassador, his «Nigerian in laws» have been offered juicy
contracts etc..
Proposed reforms would have restored the Comptroller's independent oversight powers to
review contracts before they are finalized, corralled unaccountable,
state controlled not - for - profits, and created a «Database of Deals» for billions in
state subsidies to businesses.
«The comptroller already
reviews most large
contracts of
state agencies and authorities before they are executed.»
Additional language would be aimed preventing favoritism in
contracting by having the chief procurement officer
review and examine policies of
state agencies and non-profit entities in order to recommend changes.
«The final
contract represents a wider than anticipated scope of these tasks, which included sifting through hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, meetings, and other tasks associated with the
review of $ 400 million in contractual payments and the development of new, stronger protocols for
state agencies,» Empire State Development spokesperson Jason Conwall
state agencies,» Empire
State Development spokesperson Jason Conwall
State Development spokesperson Jason Conwall said.
The comptroller said has office has been concerned that
contracts handled through authorities and non-profits set up by the
state are not getting enough direct
review.
The bill would re-empower the
state comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, to
review state economic development - related
contracts when spending is passed through a SUNY - related entity.
Those changes include empowering Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office to
review all SUNY and Office of General Services
contracts of more than $ 250,000, block
state - affilaited entities from doing business with their boards of directors and creation of a database of deals to show the total value of subsidies and other inducements awarded to businesses as well as provisions for clawing the money back.
«We have been assured by Executive staff that when we receive the
contract for
review that it will be thorough, complete and contain the necessary documentation that every
state agency knows it must include when making multi-million dollar purchases,» Freeman said.
The New York
State Education Department (NYSED) issued logistics for the June 22 hearing that will
review whether or not Paladino violated school board rules for publicizing information about the teacher
contract talks discussed during the board's private executive session.
For example, the Executive proposes to exempt agency
contracts from the
State Comptroller's
review and approval.
Agency attorney Andy Zweben blamed the
state's «cumbersome»
contract review procedures.
With Albany's transactional politics now the subject of a federal probe, the context of that April 2013 book deal is particularly significant: An International Business Times
review of New York
state documents reveals that News Corporation gave Cuomo a book
contract after Cuomo's administration backed a series of
state initiatives that benefited the media giant.
But good - government groups insist there needs to be broader, more independent reforms, including the creation of a database of subsidies published online, empowering the
state comptroller to
review all
contracts worth more than $ 250,000, and ending the awarding of government economic development incentives by SUNY.
At the same time, Cuomo said the
state could potentially adjust how it spends economic development money based on the findings of Bart Schwartz, the former prosecutor hired to
review contracting in the program, which is under scrutiny by the U.S. attorney's office.
Memos released by Cuomo's office in May sent to top officials at the
State University of New York show Schwartz is being given power to
review «all decisions» made in Buffalo Billion
contracting.
The investigations firm hired by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to
review contracting under the
state's economic development programs will be paid as much as $ 450,000, according to a long - awaited
contract released on Friday.
«What we might want to do is what any other entity is used to dealing with here in
state government, which is admittedly an arduous process but reinstating the comptroller's role and attorney general's role in
reviewing all these
contracts,» McDonald said.
Touching on the
state's claim that the government had no
contract with Woyome, Mr Justice Ofoe was emphatic that Woyome's claim was based on the tendering process, which was terminated in 2005, as well as his claim for financial engineering and the concurrent approval for his partners by the Central Tender
Review Board (CTRB).
The lawmaker, who represents Dutsin - ma / Kurfi Federal Constituency of Katsina
State noted that, «I also think that the NNPC GMD was right when he said that there was no law requiring him to review or discuss with the minister of state or the NNPC board, matters relating to the approval of contr
State noted that, «I also think that the NNPC GMD was right when he said that there was no law requiring him to
review or discuss with the minister of
state or the NNPC board, matters relating to the approval of contr
state or the NNPC board, matters relating to the approval of
contracts.
Certain
state contracts are typically
reviewed by both the attorney general's and comptroller's offices.
In 2011 Cuomo and the legislature passed a law to stop the
state comptroller from
reviewing contracts for economic development projects that are now the focus of a federal probe by Bharara's office.
Cuomo also placed former federal prosecutor Bart Schwartz in charge of an internal «
review» of
state contracts, provoking speculation that he was hoping to head off Bharara's probe.
They want the comptroller to be able to
review and approve all
state contracts and to limit campaign contributions by any company or person seeking a
state contract.
A Newsday
review of campaign contributors who donated $ 50,000 or more between 2010 and 2015 found that more than 30 construction and development companies, subsidiaries, their executives and their relatives have contributed nearly $ 4 million to Cuomo's campaigns while the companies received $ 1 billion in
state contracts, tax breaks and other benefits.
Referring specifically to the
state construction projects Newsday
reviewed, Azzopardi said, «The largest portion of the
contracts you are referencing are publicly bid and vetted by the offices of the attorney general, the comptroller and in many cases federal transportation officials.
Empire
State Development, the state's primary business development agency, received board approval last month to enter into a two - year contract with Manhattan - based firm AKRF to provide environmental review support to the Belmont winning devel
State Development, the
state's primary business development agency, received board approval last month to enter into a two - year contract with Manhattan - based firm AKRF to provide environmental review support to the Belmont winning devel
state's primary business development agency, received board approval last month to enter into a two - year
contract with Manhattan - based firm AKRF to provide environmental
review support to the Belmont winning developer.
DeFrancisco said another item he would like to see pass is procurement reform so the
state comptroller can
review the
contracts of the
state's economic development projects before they are signed.
The comptroller is barred by the Cuomo administration from auditing or
reviewing records of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute - related management company that negotiates the
contracts for the Buffalo Billion and other SUNY Poly high - tech projects across the
state.
After a federal indictment charged
state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son with improperly influencing the county's awarding of a $ 12 million wastewater treatment
contract, Singas responded by
reviewing Nassau's entire
contracting process.
He said he would
review «all grants and approvals» of
contracts and operations of the Buffalo Billion and other high - tech development programs across the
state.
Lately, the governor and his aides have portrayed Schwartz's role as more limited, saying that he will essentially just
review contracts and documents that are already public, including any deals that result from a recent
state allocation of $ 485 million to the Buffalo Billion's SolarCity factory project.
The Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have over the past 2 1/2 years received taxpayer - financed
contracts to help manage the sale of more than $ 3 billion worth of bonds for New York
state, according to a
review of
state records by International Business Times.