Two local committees have already amended their most recent disclosure forms, after speaking
with state officials about the requirement to list employees.
Also since 2011, registered lobbyists and their clients who have a business
relationship with a state official must for the first time disclose that relationship publicly.
Nevertheless, our
interviews with state officials showed that policymakers are confident about their state's ability to comply with the law, though some are more ready than others.
PSC Chair Audrey Zibelman beseeched Entergy Corp., which owns FitzPatrick, to work
with state officials on a financial rescue for the nuclear plant.
The decision follows months of
talks with state officials, including Gov. Charlie Crist and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael W. Sole, said Progress Energy Florida chief executive Jeff Lyash.
Under pressure from another alpha predator, human hunters (
along with state officials eager to keep hunters happy), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has changed a rule in a way that has wildlife campaigners howling.
Prior to the health department's February 15 announcement, Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, whose district office is in Newburgh, and who had his blood tested, says he was in
contact with state officials about expanding the program.
«To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, Jeff has frozen all contact on behalf of
clients with state officials for the duration of the Cuomo administration.»
And, given the relative lack of public scrutiny and my
interactions with state officials over the past few months, I'm almost certain that the full impact of this work has yet to be realized — even by many of the very people that are essential to implementation.
Entergy officials said they tried over the past two months to work out an
agreement with state officials that would enable FitzPatrick to remain open.
Musk (center, wearing no tie)
with state officials at the deal's announcement in Carson City, Nev.Photo: Cathleen Allison — AP
Cardinal Timothy Dolan's planned trip to Albany to
huddle with state officials on Monday has been cancelled following the death of his predecessor, Cardinal Edward Egan.
The budget consultant suggests in the email that the city exclude water fees and Albany County tax revenues collected by the city «under the rationale that these are not city revenues and are effectively «encumbered»» in
dialogue with state officials.
Prosecutors had alleged McDonnell crossed the line by arranging meetings for
Williams with state officials, allowing Williams to use the governor's mansion for a luncheon on the day his product, a dietary supplement called Anatabloc, was being launched and personally touting the supplement to state human resources officials.
Once the Moreland Commission is disbanded, Fitzpatrick said he would refer any criminal investigations that have to
do with state officials to other prosecutors.
The de Blasio administration sought help from the Real Estate Board of New York in 2015, when the city was engaged in a protracted
debate with state officials over whether mayoral control of city schools should be extended long - term.
Those proposals were first introduced last month, alongside legislation requiring financial disclosure of non-family members who
live with state officials — a measure seemingly aimed at Cuomo's girlfriend, Sandra Lee (that provision is not included in the resolution).
Entergy Corp. has failed thus far to work out a «constructive resolution» to the financial problems at FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego County, despite several months of
negotiations with state officials, a top Entergy executive told employees.
Lackawanna residents met Monday
night with state officials about the environmental aftermath of the massive fire on the old Bethlehem Steel grounds.
Among other points of contention, health department employees dismissed an advisory limit for human consumption of PFOA set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and argued that their differences with the federal authorities were a matter of «philosophy» and not just science, according to a senior EPA official's handwritten notes from a phone
conference with state officials.
Bharara said the complaint also details a second scheme, in which COR and a Buffalo developer
colluded with state officials to rig a request for proposals.
Ethics regulations do require lobbyists and clients to disclose business
transactions with state officials, but the 2011 ethics law appears to exclude reporting any dealings with a public official's residence.
Elected officials including U.S. Rep. John Katko and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer indicated last week that Entergy remained in
discussions with state officials aimed at finding a way to continue operations at FitzPatrick and save the plant's 615 high - paying jobs.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — COR Development Co. president Steve Aiello used his
clout with state officials to secure a $ 5,700 raise for his son, who worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, federal prosecutor say.
Sponsors were being encouraged to invest in the conference with the incentive of attending a cocktail reception at the Troy
school with state officials and special guests; their logos and company names would also be advertised.
«Based on the record evidence, once D.O.H. determined that it would promulgate an emergency rule that adjusted the Medicaid reimbursement rate for Mount Sinai Queens, Dr. Sachs had no further contact
with any state official with respect to the emergency rule,» wrote the commission's executive director and counsel, Barry Ginsberg.
Entergy officials said in September they would postpone their decision about FitzPatrick until they had discussed possible solutions to the nuke's financial
problems with state officials.
A new group calling itself Western New York Leaders for Peace Bridge Progress met
Thursday with state officials to talk about where the bridge project stands and what needs to be done.
The New York State Assembly has proposed a one - house budget that would halt the program until they can hold a
hearing with state officials.
By contrast, other candidates, like Eric R. Dinallo, a former state insurance superintendent, and Sean Coffey, a trial lawyer, have placed more emphasis lately on expanding the attorney general's jurisdiction over public corruption, banking on voters»
disgust with state officials.
Entergy announced in September that it was considering a shutdown at FitzPatrick, but would first discuss options for keeping the plant
open with state officials.
At least 15 North Dakota residents,
frustrated with state officials» inaction, have taken drilling - related complaints to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the last two years, records show.
but quickly devolves into a Rube Goldberg nightmare,
with state officials trying (for example) to figure out how to link gym teachers» performance to reading scores.