Sentences with phrase «robust enforcement powers»

The governor's failure to «establish an independent State ethics commission with robust enforcement powers» will leave him open to the attacks from County Executive Astorino, and other possible candidates, that he hasn't adequately dealt with Albany's ethical woes.

Eliminate the stratified oversight bodies and establish a single, independent ethics commission with robust enforcement powers to investigate and prosecute violations that members of either the executive and legislative branches commit.»

In particular, he wants it to create a state ethics control board that is independent and has «robust enforcement powers» over both the Legislature and the governor's offices.If that doesn't happen in the first six months, Mr. Cuomo says he will indeed allow Mr. Schneiderman's office to become Albany's one - stop, anti-sleaze operation.

ALBANY — When announcing the formal creation of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics in late 2011, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the new entity would use its «robust enforcement powers» to «aggressively investigate corruption and help maintain integrity in state government.»

The dramatic reform package — called the «Clean Up Albany Act of 2011» — creates an independent Joint Commission on Public Ethics with «robust enforcement powers» to investigate both the executive and legislative branches of government.

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The SMIT relies on the experience of the Commission in the competition law field, where its extensive powers to request information from companies help it to gather robust information for the enforcement of competition rules.