Sentences with phrase «to investigate public corruption»

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A commission charged with investigating public corruption in Albany said in its first report Monday that deep and comprehensive reform can not wait.
The governor's office itself is now operating under a cloud as the U.S. Attorney's office examines the governor's deal to shutter his Moreland Commission Investigating Public Corruption as part of a budget agreement in 2014.
When Governor Cuomo unceremoniously pulled the plug on the Moreland Act Commission Investigating Public Corruption as part of a deal with legislative leaders in exchange for weak ethics reforms, even the most optimistic New Yorkers were left depressed.
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A steady stream of prosecutions of state officials led by President Barack Obama's Attorney General - designate, Loretta Lynch, prompted Cuomo to convene the Moreland Commission, tasked with investigating public corruption.
Hurting Heastie is that his name was mentioned by the Moreland Commission investigating public corruption for $ 25,000 in unitemized campaign credit card expenses, according to media reports.
The former senator's campaign spending first surfaced in May 2014 when City and State magazine reported that documents accumulated by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption showed Maziarz led the state in unspecified campaign expenditures.
Former Deputy Mayor Steven M. Casey, the man often credited with orchestrating Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown's climb to power, has met at least twice with FBI agents investigating public corruption, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation.
The same firm represented Klein in 2013 when the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption subpoenaed records from his private law firm.
Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney who is prosecuting both Skelos and Silver, accelerated his investigation when he inherited the files of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption after lawmakers disbanded it in 2014.
Moreland Commission Endorses Public Financing of Elections On Monday, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption released a preliminary report on its findings and recommendations regarding the state's election, campaign finance, corruption, and transparency laws.
Lehrer unsurprisingly asked Bharara about the only man left of the three men in the room, Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose administration ended the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption last year.
Rogers is a former FBI agent who spent much of his time with the bureau investigating public corruption cases.
It was touted as one of the major reforms agreed to by the Legislature that followed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial decision to disband his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption midway through its planned lifespan.
ALBANY — According to one of its co-chairs, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption didn't ignore the executive branch when «following the money» trail in Albany, despite reports that the panel focused only on the Legislature.
Moreland Commission Co-chairs: Pass Election Reforms In a Daily News op - ed on Sunday, two of the co-chairs of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption explained why they recommended public financing as a solution to the persistent problem of pay - to - play politics in Albany.
While the New York attorney general's office does sometimes investigate public corruption, it often focuses on acting as the attorney for state government agencies in civil matters.
A Siena College poll this week shows that most New Yorkers don't know about the Moreland Commission, a panel of district attorneys and law enforcement officials investigating public corruption in Albany.
U.S. and NY Attorneys Testify at Moreland Commission's First Hearing The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption held its first hearing in New York City on Tuesday.
A Marist College poll released on Monday found Cuomo's approval rating fell 5 percentage points to 53 percent as controversy over the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption continues to swirl in Albany.
In its preliminary report released last December, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption recommended closing the loophole due to «the appearance of a relationship between large donations and legislation that specifically benefits large donors.»
New York's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption pointedly critiqued the agency at a Manhattan hearing, questioning its enforcement efforts and the dual - party nature of its very structure.
The preliminary (and ultimately final) report of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption agreed with the Daily News» assessment, finding that the «waiver was the result of negotiations between real estate interests and the Assembly.»
«Public corruption, based on all evidence, appears rampant,» Bharara told the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption at its first public hearing.
Texas» Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption — making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state's first indicted governor in nearly a century....
We've seen what happens when the governor says «Follow the money wherever it may lead» - as soon as the money brought [the] Moreland [Commission to Investigate Public Corruption] back to the governor and his real estate contributors at REBNY, Cuomo pulled the plug... No one is good at investigating themselves,» said Kaehny.
Writing in The Huffington Post, Cuomo defended the deal he struck with lawmakers to disband the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption while vowing to press on with reforms.
In a preliminary report, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption expressed frustration with its inability to determine who funneled money into Common Sense Principles» attack efforts.
Four years ago, Cuomo's abrupt dissolution of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption became an issue on the campaign trail, though it ultimately did not prevent him from winning a second term.
Maziarz's campaign fund first came under scrutiny when the state Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption investigated possible crimes involving election law, campaign expenditures and fundraising in 2013.
He later gave it, in the context of a Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption investigation that ended up causing problems for Cuomo when his aides tried to steer its work and cut a legislative deal to shut down its ongoing work.
ALBANY — Unmistakably, the report issued yesterday by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption bears the stamp of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
«Generally, we can only investigate public corruption if we get a referral from the comptroller or a state agency,» Soufer said.
Six days later came not one but three kickoff events, in Albany, in Binghamton, and on Long Island, complete with typically bombastic Cuomo flourishes: a gaudy backdrop of New York landscapes and blue - and - gold placards reading COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE PUBLIC CORRUPTION placed right below the governor's microphone so the TV cameras couldn't miss them.
In addition, SILVER thwarted the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption so that it would not learn of his illegal outside income, first by filing legal motions on behalf of the Assembly and taking other action to block the Moreland Commission's investigation into legislators» outside income.
«He made statements that he was going to restore the public's faith in government, that the Moreland Commission was designed to do that, and now we have clear indication that the circumstances surrounding the Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption simply confirms the public's cynicism and distrust of government,» Lerner told 1010 WINS.
Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice Thursday began her campaign for Congress by announcing her resignation from a state panel investigating public corruption, while a potential primary opponent said he'll continue exploring a run so 4th District voters can have a «clear choice.»
Dinallo says his opponents who are in the legislature would be forced to recuse themselves as AG when investigating public corruption.
In 2013, he testified before the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in response to public outcry.
Despite the panel's name and formal legal authority, Cuomo had no desire for it to really investigate public corruption.
ALBANY — The Cuomo - created state panel that investigated public corruption spent over $ 350,000 in its nine months of existence for travel, information technology and data analysis, records show.
An investigation by Cuomo's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption ensued.
The preliminary findings of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption illustrated a stunning level of dysfunction at the Board.
The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption folded in April after Governor Andrew Cuomo agreed during budget talks to disband it.
And according to the state comptroller's office, another state agency acting on behalf of the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption requested $ 200,000 for a Buffalo - based «litigation support» firm for «data collection and analysis, to assist the federal government.»
That big New York Times article detailing the Cuomo administration's interference with the panel he created to investigate public corruption came a little more than two months after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara seized the commission's records, and publicly excoriated the governor for shuttering it before its scheduled sunset.
In 2013, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption probed payments that Hikind received from Maimonides Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital in Brooklyn that had advertised on Hikind's weekly radio program.
Gary Barnett's Extell Development, Larry Silverstein's Silverstein Properties and Joseph Sitt's Thor Equities are being asked to turn over reams of correspondence, including years of correspondence with lobbyists and elected officials, a source who examined a subpoena from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption told the newspaper.
«Although this chapter ends today, the FBI will continue the very important work of investigating public corruption in all its many forms,» Sweeney said.
The Independence Party was faulted by the Cuomo - convened Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption for appearing to serve as a pass - through for Republican efforts to keep control of the State Senate.
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