Sentences with phrase «touted ethics package»
Although Cuomo also delivered a highly - touted ethics package that year, advocates insist that major issues were ignored because Skelos and Senate Republicans refused to cede any ground on campaign finance reform as they believed the current system was essential to keeping them in the majority.
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The ethics package comes as lawmakers in Albany this legislative session have been largely focused on the economic measures Cuomo is touting: A $ 15 minimum wage and a proposed 12 - week paid family leave program.
As part of what is increasingly the M.O. of Albany, a weak ethics package was trotted out to provide the necessary «optics» of reform so that the governor and state lawmakers could run for re-election touting their successes in cleaning up Albany.