Sentences with phrase «state ethics probe»

When he faced questions about a pending state ethics probe back in March, State Sen. Marc C. Panepinto insisted he knew of no investigation and cited the need for an official notice from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Acting Supreme Court Judge Daniel J. McCullough, 65, stepped down last month, after a state ethics probe determined that he «persistently failed to report to work» since April 2014 instead of going on proper medical leave.

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He also repeated claims that Albany's scrutiny of his own fundraising — which included probes by a state ethics panel and state Board of Elections — was unfair.

And the head of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, renewed calls for probes by the Manhattan district attorney's office and state ethics commission on whether Cuomo himself was involved any wrongdoing.

The scandal resulted in multiple probes conducted by the AG, the IG, the Albany County DA and the state ethics board, the Commission on Public Integrity (the precursor to JCOPE).

The ethics bill was the latest attempt by Cuomo and legislators to respond to the wave of investigations, arrests and convictions that have tainted state government for nearly a decade, starting with the arrest of former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi in a probe that revealed state pension fund bribes and kickbacks.

The fallout continues over whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide interfered with an ethics commission probe, with some now saying that state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman could have done more to protect the integrity of the investigations.

The ethics package that produced the pilot public campaign finance program for the state comptroller race also included the shuttering of Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission, which was in the midst of probing possible corruption cases.

The statewide probe led to indictments against eight men, and again shook the foundation of political ethics in the state: Among those indicted were Joseph Percoco, who'd been close to both Andrew Cuomo and his father; Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, former president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a key economic adviser; and several top officials from LPCiminelli, a Buffalo contractor involved with millions in business as part of the state initiative.

State Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan) called for an ethics probe into Klein.

Todd Howe, the Washington - based lobbyist who is under federal investigation and has close ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has quietly been added to a state ethics website as a lobbyist for entities also tied up in the probe.

The attorney general can not start a public corruption probe unless it is referred by a head of a state executive agency, the governor or the state legislative ethics board.

Common Cause, along with the National Organization for Women, asked the state ethics panel to conduct a wider probe of sexual harassment and other possible misconduct in the Assembly, as well as the Assembly leadership's response to any allegations.

A Queens nonprofit — which counts indicted Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith and ethics - probed Rep. Gregory Meeks as benefactors — cheated its workers out of wages while throwing lavish parties...

United States Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating whether Cuomo's staff meddled in the commission's ethics probes.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

The Manhattan judge overseeing the estate of Robert Durst's long - missing wife, Kathie, is facing a potential ethics probe by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

There are new developments in an ethics investigation and a criminal probe in the ongoing sexual harassment scandal in the New York State Assembly.

ALBANY — A lawyer whose national and state investigative experience included roles in probes of the Enron and WorldCom securities scandals was one of the finalists to become executive director of the state's ethics board before it chose a former counsel to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, according to a source and the former job candidate.

And the head of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, renewed calls for probes by the Manhattan District Attorney's office and state ethics commission on whether Cuomo himself was involved any wrong doing.

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a possible ethics probe after it was disclosed this week that he steered more than one - hundred - thousand dollars in secret payments to settle sexual harassment charges levied against Democrat Vito Lopez.

Cuomo launched the Moreland Commission in 2013 to probe corruption among state politicians — but disbanded it in March 2014 following the passage of modest ethics reforms.

Lawmakers had more trouble getting agreements on ethics reforms, in a year that's seen the two former legislative leaders sentenced to prison and state and federal probes of Governor Cuomo's economic development programs.

ALBANY — The state ethics watchdog has forwarded a report of its findings to two legislative panels for possible sanctions after ending its probe of the Assembly's handling of sexual harassment allegations involving a senior member.

Gov. David Paterson's lawyer says e-mails blow holes in a state ethics board's probe that accuses the Democrat of violating a gift ban by seeking and obtaining World Series tickets...