There's just about a week and a half left before the budget deadline, and Governor Cuomo and lawmakers remain at odds over a number of issues, including
whether ethics disclosure rules should apply to Governor Cuomo as well as the legislature.
There's just about a week and a half left before the budget deadline, and Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers remain at odds over a number of issues, including
whether ethics disclosure rules should apply to Governor Cuomo as well as the legislature.
Not exact matches
Officials were uncertain about
whether a new Suffolk law requiring the county
ethics board to release officials» financial
disclosure publicly would apply to John Scott Prudenti, a district attorney bureau chief who rented his partyboat to criminal defense attorneys with cases before the DA's office.
Spokesman John Milgrim says while the
ethics commission can not comment on
whether or not an investigation is being conducted «To the extent a problem is identified in any individual's financial
disclosure statement, the Commission will seek full compliance with the law.»
It is therefore important to determine which
ethics rules apply to Ms. Trump, which
disclosures she will be required to make to demonstrate her compliance, and
whether her compliance with these rules will be monitored and enforced.
It's unclear
whether the income
disclosure rule would satisfy what Cuomo wants done on
ethics in the budget process.
The Speaker has declined to comment, so it is not clear
whether an
ethics violation occurred or
whether he has some explanation for this apparent lack of
disclosure.
Asked
whether the group should voluntarily disclose where its money comes from, Mr. Cuomo responded by noting that an overhaul of the state
ethics law for which he won passage last year will require the
disclosure of donors in the future.
Such a
disclosure would be required under Gov. Cuomo's new proposed
ethics bill and was the focus of a report in Monday's Post that found that Skelos — unlike Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — won't say
whether he's representing private legal clients with business before the state.
In response to the good government groups» call on Tuesday, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi told the Albany Times - Union this: «We will be discussing many
ethics issues this session, including campaign finance reform, outside income for legislators and more
disclosure by not - for - profits as to who actually funds them and
whether they are shadow lobbyists.»
During the legislative session, when the good - government groups criticized Cuomo for a lack of
ethics reform action, a Cuomo spokesman took a clear shot at them, saying «more
disclosure by not - for - profits as to who actually funds them» and «
whether they are shadow lobbyists» were topics under discussion.
The action followed NASA's denial of ATI's federal Freedom of Information Act request with NASA, seeking records detailing
whether and how «global warming» activist Dr. James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has complied with applicable federal
ethics and financial
disclosure laws and regulations, and NASA Rules of Behavior.
Beyond the dubious
ethics of Facebook manipulating users» private messaging threads without consent or
disclosure, there's the question of
whether and unsend feature is good for Facebook at all.
Assuming a truthful
disclosure, the
ethics issue in negotiation is
whether it's fair for buyers to negotiate for concessions during the inspection phase of a contract about matters properly disclosed to them in the offer phase.