Sentences with phrase «state ethics reform»

There's a lot to like about the new state ethics reform package introduced in Albany last week, but there's also a lot to be desired.

She outlined her plan for state ethics reform in a Facebook post, in which she claimed New York State leads the nation in lawmakers in trouble with the law.

He helped her write an opinion piece in June for City & State, an online publication, decrying the lack of state ethics reform.

The Independent Democratic Conference is calling for state ethics reform once again.

Not exact matches

The situation calls for the search for a new more holistic humanism and a common public ethic for state and social reform developed through dialogue of religions and secular ideologies.

A land ethic must include land reform — not just in South America or Asia, but particularly here in the United States.

True to his word, former NYC Mayor Ed Koch has released a list of state legislators and candidates who have so fare refused to sign on to the budget, ethics and redistricting reform pledges created by his PAC, New York Uprising, branding these individuals «enemies of reform.»

But seriously Democrats are the ones dragging on ethics reforms, why don't they want to strip the pensions from corrupt state workers, legislators included?

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

Depending on who you ask, the legislative session was a productive six months in which a range of policy measures from an increase to the state's minimum wage, paid family leave to new ethics reform and anti-heroin addiction legislation was accomplished.

Cuomo at the start of the year unveiled few big surprises: He wanted to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15; a paid family leave program; sweeping ethics reform.

In what will had more grist for the mill when it comes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for ethics reform in the state Legislature, Leibell was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.

Cuomo, along with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan agreed relatively early in the budget negotiations that ethics and campaign - finance reform would not be a threat to the passage of the state budget on time.

State lawmakers are expected to consider a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures when they return to Albany for the post-budget session next Tuesday.

He has also expressed support for term limits for state lawmakers (not just leadership positions) as a way to reduce corruption, but has been mostly silent on ethics reform otherwise.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is doubling down on his commitment to push legislation addressing ethics reform in Albany if elected to the State Senate during next week's special election.

Last week on Capital Tonight, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said ethics reform should include the executive branch, and today, Speaker Sheldon Silver called the effectiveness of the governor's tour across the state «irrelevant.»

In addition, the Gray Lady would like to hear more from the AG on ethics reform and wishes he had found the means to push state legislators harder over the past four years, saying:

The announcement coincides days after the departure of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had led the investigation into de Blasio as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closure of the Moreland Commission following an agreement on ethics reform changes in the state budget.

All Democrats have a responsibility to work together so our state can enact real ethics reforms, safeguard voter rights, address crushing income inequality and protect vulnerable populations from the hostility of the incoming federal administration.»

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

-- Democrats and Republicans are clashing over ethics reform in the State Senate.

Top issues for state lawmakers to tackle when they return to Albany from their two - week spring break include NYC mayor's control, ethics reform and changes to the election laws.

DeRosa also made it clear (ahem, Senate Republicans) that Cuomo is sticking to his guns when it comes to ethics, saying: «The governor has stated repeatedly and clearly that ethics reform was a top priority and that he wouldn't sign a budget without ethics reform.

Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from Yonkers, confirmed that issues such as voter reform measures and changes to the state's ethics laws had fallen out of the budget talks.

While Avella ran on a reform platform and the state has taken steps to be more transparent in the areas of ethics reform, he said more should be done, including limiting legislators» outside income.

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

First in his original budget, and then in the 30 - day amendments released last Friday, Cuomo placed controversial ethics and education reforms in appropriations bills, over which the Legislature is afforded very little power under the state Constitution.

A November report from the reform group Reinvent Albany listed 11 measures Cuomo could take by executive order to make the state government more accountable, including putting government information and public meeting presentations online, imposing stronger ethics rules for executive branch employees and automating voter registration.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) and state Assemblyman Edward Braunstein (D - Bayside) said they were focusing on the state budget and ethics reform after being sworn into office last State Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) and state Assemblyman Edward Braunstein (D - Bayside) said they were focusing on the state budget and ethics reform after being sworn into office last state Assemblyman Edward Braunstein (D - Bayside) said they were focusing on the state budget and ethics reform after being sworn into office last state budget and ethics reform after being sworn into office last week.

The indictments come as ethics reform proposals in the state budget are faltering.

But brief mention of ethics and voting reform garnered only tepid applause from the state's most powerful men and women, gathered to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address on Wednestate's most powerful men and women, gathered to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address on WedneState of the State address on WedneState address on Wednesday.

When the state legislative session ended on June 21, lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals made in light of the economic development scandal in the Cuomo administration.

Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 - point plan lays out a familiar suite of reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.

Did passage of the state budget signal the end of Albany's legislative session for 2017, or will other matters, including ethics reform, get done before the lawmakers adjourn in June?

Attorney General Schneiderman praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics reform as part of the State budget process, but called for more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.

As the final days of the current state Legislature's session wind down, there's growing calls for lawmakers and the governor to do something about ethics reform.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

While the governor piled 13 ethics and voting reform initiatives into last year's State of the State Book, not one became a reality, at least as not as envisioned, and many subsequently re-appeared on this year's agenda in an updated list of 14.

An ethics reform measure approved by the New York State Legislature at the end of the legislative session still hasn't been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

NEW YORK, 03/14/2018 — GPNY leaders today said that the verdict in the Percoco trial showed the need for strong ethics reform in New York State government.

Gov. Cuomo Proposes Public Financing of Elections in State of the State Address In his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his vision for New York, including a bold proposal for comprehensive ethics reform.

In 2011, Cuomo made the first of what would be several attempts to reform the state's ethics laws, ultimately brokering the agreement that would create JCOPE and a little noticed database called Project Sunlight, which allows users to view the details of meetings outside entities have with state officials from every agency in the state.

Martins, 50, a former state senator from Old Westbury, also announced ethics reform plans, and often pivoted to issues of finances and fighting gang violence.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform.

In the State of the State policy book released on Wednesday, Cuomo outlined an ethics and voting reform agenda nearly identical to last year's, with the addition of an election cyber security and reporting requirement for online political advertising.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Flushing) and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will discuss campaign finance reform and the need for comprehensive ethics at Stavisky's campaign headquarters in Flushing at 37 - 02 Main St., at 3:30 p.m. FrState Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Flushing) and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will discuss campaign finance reform and the need for comprehensive ethics at Stavisky's campaign headquarters in Flushing at 37 - 02 Main St., at 3:30 p.m. Frstate Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will discuss campaign finance reform and the need for comprehensive ethics at Stavisky's campaign headquarters in Flushing at 37 - 02 Main St., at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

A new Siena College poll finds a majority of New Yorkers thInk legislative ethics reforms will do little or nothing to reduce state government corruption.