Sentences with phrase «tougher ethics laws»

Utah Legislature will tackle high - profile issues Politics» While the state budget and public education will dominate discussions as usual, lawmakers are expected to debate tougher ethics laws, weaker gun - control laws.

«Passing tougher ethics laws is the conferences's first priority for the 2010 session,» said Austin Shafran, a spokesman.

«A political earthquake has hit Albany,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which has pushed for a special session this year to enact tougher ethics laws.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose administration already appears to be in the crosshairs of US Attorney Preet Bharara's office, needs to deliver tougher ethics laws if he wants to avoid having his legacy tarnished by Albany's ethics morass, reform advocates said.

Cuomo has said, repeatedly and vociferously, that he discontinued the commission purely because it had satisfied its mission, which was to pressure the legislature into passing tougher ethics laws.

The overturning of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon's corruption conviction has sparked new calls for tougher ethics laws — but no rush to action.

Not exact matches

«We must prove once again that state government can be trusted, and that means passing tough new ethics laws and creating a system that deters, detects and punishes individuals who seek to abuse and corrupt,» he said last week in a

«Politicians in Albany had the chance after both leaders were arrested on corruption charges last year to enact tough ethics reform laws and they failed.

He fought for a tough new ethics law and the lowest tax rates in 50 years.

Her biggest disappointment shouldn't be a surprise to those who follow state government — the failure of lawmakers and a roster of governors including Andrew Cuomo to push through really tough ethics and campaign finance law crackdowns.

«There is widespread speculation that this may be his last term as speaker, especially with the likelihood that Cuomo is going to try and pass the toughest ethics - reform law ever,» the source said.

Another example of why the state's political finance and ethic laws need to get tough..

«We must restore honor and integrity to government with tough new ethics standards, expanded disclosure requirements, independent investigators to root out and punish corruption, and an overhaul of campaign finance laws,» said Cuomo.

There's been little public talk by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie or Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan during the legislative session, about passing tough new ethics laws, and no reforms have been approved by the Legislature.

Schneiderman worked to pass tougher ethics and hate - crimes legislation; he led a successful push to ease the Rockefeller drug laws and end «prison gerrymandering,» which counted inmates as local residents upstate and weakened downstate Democratic districts.

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