Jaffee is hopeful that appointing the monitors will help restore the trust that is crucial to continuing the work ahead and determining what actions should be
taken next legislative session, such as possibly extending the monitor's appointment.
Not exact matches
«Look, there's a process that happens up here over — you know, in the case of the budgets, it'll be over the
next weeks — in the case of
legislative session, it'll be over months — and there's always a lot of give and
take.
It will be interesting to see if state lawmakers follow Governor Cuomo's lead to punt the issue into 2019 or
take it up before their
legislative session ends
next month.
Now the justice system must
take its course, and any of those found guilty of abusing the public's trust should and will be punished,» the governor said in a statement sent to the Observer, vowing to pursue ethics reform in
next year's
legislative session.
There's still time left in the
legislative session, and time for the Senate and the Assembly to
take up these issues, though the chances of any major progressive victories in the
next two months are slim with a Republican - led Senate.
However, the waiver likely won't be approved in time for the current
legislative session, which ends in early May, meaning the accountability reform bill likely wouldn't be
taken up until
next year.