Albany's year began with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo championing a slate of
strong ethics reforms in reaction to a seemingly endless sewer of corruption.
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.
Not exact matches
The groups, also
strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance
reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for
ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture
in Albany.
These proposals, along with
ethics and campaign finance
reform legislation passed by the Assembly, demonstrate the
strong commitment of the Assembly majority to making positive change
in Albany, and I thank Assembly Members Pretlow, Kavanagh and the other members of the Workgroup for the many hours they put into this most important effort.»
On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that,
in the case of
ethics reform for example, are even
stronger than what is included
in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»
In his endorsement, Schumer praised Latimer as a «fighter for Westchester» who has «fought to lower taxes, pass
strong ethics reforms and help fix our broken education system.»
«Despite the progress outlined
in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of work ahead of us, including
stronger criminal justice
reforms; full funding for our state's public education system; ensuring affordable college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and
ethics and voting
reforms,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.
What is notable is what is not
in the agreement — legislative compensation overhaul, desperately needed
stronger ethics enforcement with greater public transparency of votes, comprehensive campaign finance
reform with public financing that closes the LLC loophole and bans all personal use of campaign funds,
strong disclosure and accountability for all executive and legislative discretionary lump sum funds, and a commitment to undertake the necessary examination and full - scale overhaul of our
ethics and campaign finance laws.
«We know that Ryan will fight to make it more affordable to live here, create good jobs and will clean up corruption
in Albany by supporting
strong ethics reforms.
«Once again this highlights the need for real
ethics reforms, something the Senate Democrats have been calling on for years, and really shows the absurdity that there has been no talk
in this budget process of cleaning up Albany and passing the
strong ethics reforms,» said Mike Murphy, a spokesman for the Senate Democratic Conference, a 23 - member group which is
in the minority.
I believe if the legal establishment starts this discussion, we will also begin to strengthen our competitive advantage
in the areas we are
strongest (
ethics, conflict of interest, law
reform, etc.) and not make the mistake of playing the Future game according to the rules set by others with different skill sets (business consulting firms, accounting and pure tech sector, to name a few).