The inspector general's role is to ensure state government, its employees and those who
do business with the state meet the highest standards of honesty, accountability and efficiency.
Yes, it is completely legal in New York for a
person doing business with the state to give the governor $ 250K worth of campaign contributions using Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and then get an enormous state contract.
These includes a proposal for legislation preventing the use of public money in settling sexual harassment claims, removal of forced arbitration provisions from employee contracts and a requirement that companies
doing business with the state disclose the number of sexual harassment adjudications and nondisclosure agreements they've carried out.
Ohio's Republican Gov. John Kasich announced Friday that he was suspending Wells Fargo from
doing business with state agencies, and excluding the bank from participating in any state bond offerings.
The actors have endorsed the Fair Elections reform package which includes a system of matching small donations with public funds, as well as lower contribution limits, restrictions on contractors and
lobbyists doing business with the state, and greater enforcement and transparency.
Later this year, the state Comptroller's office will roll out a system that allows New Yorkers to see every check issued by the government and to follow exactly who is
doing business with the state down to the penny.
The law, which becomes fully effective when a new Legislature is seated in 2013, will require disclosure of the names of a lawmaker's clients and / or
customers doing business with the state, as well as the clients of the lawmaker's own firm that may be doing such business.
Other defendants in the suit include the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Department of State Services and five
banks doing business with state government and the managers of those banks.
«The governor believes it is essential that
corporations doing business with the state uphold their commitments, and we will not tolerate abusive corporate practices or a failure to deliver service to the people,» Cuomo's spokeswoman declared in a statement.
A former top Cuomo aide who is under criminal investigation for «consulting» with companies
doing business with the state told potential clients he had the administration's OK for the work — despite never receiving it, The Post has been told.
There are senior political leaders who are perceived to be treated with soft gloves but, most recently, efforts have been announced to address public service corruption so prevalent in South Africa.There are talks to introduce legislation to prohibit public
servants doing business with the state, which Vos calls «a very important step that should come in 2014.»
The governors of some states, including Montana, New Jersey and New York, have signed executive orders that require ISPs that
do business with the state operate under Net neutrality rules.
County Executive Picente said «With an increase in the number of people coming downtown including State and County employees or
people doing business with the State, County or Court System parking has been a concern.
Cuomo announced the state would enact legislation to eliminate forced arbitration policies in employee contracts, prevent public dollars from being used to settle sexual harassment claims against individuals and mandate that any companies that
do business with the state disclose the number of sexual harassment adjudications and nondisclosure agreements they have executed.
The source said the investigation comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called on legislators who are attorneys and have clients
who do business with the state to disclose their clients as well as how much they are getting paid.
In the past, fewer than 5 percent of the women - owned firms in the United States were certified to
do business with their state government and only 1.5 percent of the billions of dollars in federal contracts went to women - owned firms.
Reform advocates also want greater disclosure of lawmakers» outside income and more information on legislators» whose law firms have clients that
do business with the state.
An anti-Democrat political action committee, America Rising PAC, unveiled a Web site attacking Cuomo over the «pay - to - play» allegations against Joseph Percoco, who's accused of pocketing more than $ 300,000 in bribes from companies
doing business with the state.
Entities that
do business with the State, their executives, and those who are paid to lobby state officials should be limited to making extremely modest campaign contributions.
An anti-Democrat political action committee on Tuesday unveiled a Web site attacking Cuomo over the «pay - to - play» allegations against Joseph Percoco, who's accused of pocketing more than $ 300,000 in bribes from companies
doing business with the state.
Percoco — who was so close to the Cuomo family he was referred to as a «third son» by the governor's dad, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo — stands accused of shaking down $ 315,000 in bribes from two companies looking to
do business with the state.
With the stated goal of restoring trust in state government, Cuomo recommended public financing, a new anti-bribery statute, independent enforcement at the Board of Elections and disclosure of outside clients
doing business with the state.
A jury of seven women and five men was chosen Monday to hear the evidence against Joseph Percoco, who's accused of shaking down more than $ 300,000 in «pay - to - play» bribes from companies seeking to
do business with the state.
Percoco allegedly accepted hundreds of thousand of dollars in bribes from development executives in Buffalo and Syracuse, who were seeking to
do business with the state.
Six continuous months of corruption trials kick off on Jan. 22, when Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco faces bribery charges for allegedly soliciting more than $ 300,000 from companies
doing business with the state.
This year, state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have proposed a package of measures to reform the state's sexual harassment guidelines as well as for companies that
do business with the state.