Sentences with phrase «subpoena power»

And he said, «well, I'm going to appoint this commission with subpoena powers from the Attorney General to look at all you guys,» and then Cuomo mysteriously abruptly shut down that commission over a year ago as part of budget negotiations.

He also says the Council should use subpoena power to haul city officials before its hearings to testify.

Most notably, the AG lacks subpoena power in corruption cases, which hamstrings him considerably — so much so that AG Eric Schneiderman has resorted to teaming up with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who does have suboena power, to prosecute the misuse of public funds.

Presiding Officer William Lindsay (D - Holbrook) said the committee, which met behind closed doors, interviewed potential candidates for special counsel and discussed seeking subpoena power for the committee.

Invites a years - long legal battle with New Jersey by granting subpoena power over the Port Authority to a Cuomo - appointed official.

David was the point person for the Cuomo administration's dealings with Guidepost, which was quietly granted subpoena power by the Cuomo administration under the Moreland Act.

Cuomo used his authority under state law to appoint a panel with sweeping subpoena powers only after the Legislature refused to pass his anti-corruption bills.

The extraordinary appointment of Schwartz included granting him civil subpoena power, the first time since the Moreland Commission's demise that the century - old Moreland Act has been wielded.

And despite its investigative muscle, which includes subpoena power, the inspector general's office has no enforcement authority; it can only recommend action.

Those with accounts in those countries are outside the reach of U.S. subpoena power, but those nations actually do make some effort to require the listing of a company's owners that benefit from the companies («beneficial ownership») or direct them.

It pretty much boils down to this: Schneiderman, through intermediaries, reportedly tried to get Cuomo to use his executive power to issue a so - called «blanket referral» that would give the AG subpoena power in corruption cases.

I promise not to get into too much trouble using my law degree, although I am having fun imagining what I could do with my newly - acquired subpoena powers.

As you'll recall, Cuomo didn't have subpoena power while conducting this report.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D - Manhattan) named Diaz chair of the new committee this month, giving the outspoken 74 - year - old minister subpoena power and oversight of yellow and green taxis, Ubers and other car - service vehicles regulated by the Taxi & Limousine Commission.

On Monday, they proposed creation of an independent inspector general, appointed by a supermajority of legislators and given full subpoena power.

You've got subpoena power, so do you as a Commission have the authority to pursue things in a criminal fashion, that you find?

He said the committee may ask the legislature to vote on procedural motions at their Aug. 3 meeting to fund the counsel position and authorize subpoena power for the committee.

State prosecutors are outmatched in their own backyard because several decades ago nervous state lawmakers took away their investigative subpoena power.

His most cynical and telling move last year was to charter a special state commission to investigate corruption in Albany, vesting it with independent subpoena powers, and then blocking attempts by that very commission to look into donors and activities that led back to his own administration.

They even drafted legislation that would require the state inspector general to refer cases to the AG, and confer subpoena power to that office in the process, any time a conflict of interest arises in a case — as it did in Troopergate, pitting the executive and legislative branches against one another.

According to Alphonso David, the governor's counsel, the new person would have subpoena power within New York City.

Even without subpoena power, here are some specific activities unearthed in recent years by reporters and others who dig in records in Albany.

But his powers were greatly expanded in 2015, when the House leadership allowed him unilateral subpoena power.

When I told her that she did not have subpoena power until a lawsuit was on file, she looked at me like a deer in the headlights.

Ben Kallos does not have subpoena power over McDonald's, and had not summoned its representatives before him while he conducted a wide - ranging plenary investigation of the restaurant's activities.

Trotta on Monday filed a proposed resolution to create a bipartisan six member legislative committee with subpoena power to probe alleged wrongdoing at top levels of the county police department.

The AG does not have subpoena power in public corruption cases, which has caused Schneiderman to get creative, teaming up with his fellow statewide Democrat, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, whose office does have that power, to prosecute the misuse of public funds.

Cuomo's Moreland Act commission, which will have sweeping subpoena powers, includes 10 district attorneys and former Manhattan US Attorney Benito Romano.

Ostensibly, the commission would be granted subpoena power to investigate wrongdoing in the Legislature.

(The AG does NOT have subpoena power for public integrity cases, which is something Cuomo tried to change in the wake of Troopergate, but has declined to provide to his successor, AG Eric Schneiderman, now that he's governor).

It has no statutory right to file civil actions against rule breakers, it has no subpoena power, and from the looks of things it can't even get the bums to return phone calls.

Unless you have the subpoena powers of the F.B.I. or N.S.A., determining an originating IP address is next to meaningless.

They don't have subpoena power.

Norris has stayed out of range of the grand jury's subpoena power.

The organization doesn't have subpoena power, and if you're not a current coach or player, there's no real mandate for you to talk to them.

Many former coaches and administrators refused to talk to Wainstein about the inner workings of the athletic / academic relationship, but a court would have subpoena power.

The investigator can also use the EEOC's subpoena power to compel cooperation.

The 237 - page Paterno report mostly reiterates previous criticism of Freeh's account: that it was biased and that it lacked both crucial evidence and insight from important witnesses, since Freeh did not have subpoena power.

But if JCOPE does decide to investigate the matter, then it would have subpoena power to review internal documents and communications in the matter, as well as possibly determine the extent to which Silver knew of the claims.

(Recall that the AG's office actually doesn't have subpoena power in corruption cases until the governor specifically refers a case to his office, which is why Andrew Cuomo couldn't compel testimony in the Troopergate case, but former Chief Judge Judith Kaye — working as Cuomo's request on the ethics charges lodged against Gov. David Paterson — can do so).

Incidentally, Assembly Health Committee Chairman Dick Gottfried, who will be among those presiding over the joint legislative hearings, was asked during a CapTon interview last night about using the committee subpoena power to compel polluting companies like Saint Gobain to appear.

That's not good enough for the Senate Republicans, who say they will use the subpoena power vested in the legislative committees to compel the company to testify.