Sentences with phrase «sweeping ethics reform»

Corruption is a problem for both parties and Governor Cuomo wants sweeping ethics reform that everyone should get behind immediately.»

«I am very proud of the fact that, in our first weeks back in session, we've passed the most sweeping ethics reform in a generation,» Schneiderman said in a statement after the bill was passed.

Astorino clashed with Senate Republicans during the gubernatorial campaign last year, with the top of the GOP ticket calling for sweeping ethics reform in Albany and knocking the majority conference in the Senate as being part of the problem in state government.

In our first year, we passed sweeping ethics reform, opened the books on Senate expenditures for the first time in history, and made every legislative action the Senate takes available to the public.»

It's time to send a real reformer and outsider like me to the state Senate so we can enact sweeping ethics reforms and clean up our government once and for all.»

«In fact, he wrote and sponsored the most sweeping ethics reform legislation to pass the legislature in a generation.

These ideas cover a lot of ground and include wildly popular proposals like sweeping ethics reforms, term limits for school board members, rights for crime victims, a ban on offshore oil drilling, banning the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed indoor workplaces, and ending the inhumane racing of greyhounds for betting purposes.

I was proud to help lead the fight in Congress that led to the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate.

Despite the promise of sweeping ethics reform, very little has materialized in the wake of repeated corruption scandals.

He was responding to questions about two big and controversial ideas: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's three - week - old proposal to amend the 421 - a tax abatement program for real estate developers, and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's introduction this week of a program bill containing sweeping ethics reforms.

I want sweeping ethics reform that will require disclosure of clients legislators represent before the state and [require them to] disclose how much they get paid.»

It provides for disclosure of outside income by lawmakers, creates a true independent monitor to investigate corruption, and spells out tough, new rules that lobbyists must follow,» said Cuomo, who campaigned on a platform last fall that called for sweeping ethics reform.

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.

«I want sweeping ethics reform that will require disclosure of clients that legislators represent before the state; and disclosure of how much they get paid.

During the 2014 governor's race, the GOP candidate, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, did not help his standing with the Senate Republicans by laying out a sweeping ethics reform package that called for everything from term limits to campaign finance reform.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, meanwhile, has previously advocated for a convening a special session on ethics reform, in addition to pushing his «End New York Corruption Now Act,» a sweeping ethics reform package which seeks to drastically reform how business is done in Albany.

As part of the Senate minority, Schneiderman struggled for sweeping ethics reforms and in his brief time in the majority, he fell into Albany's routine ethics triage by responding to the latest scandal with bandaids.