Sentences with phrase «with subpoena power»

And he said, «well, I'm going to appoint this commission with subpoena powers from the Attorney General to look at all you guys,» and then Cuomo mysteriously abruptly shut down that commission over a year ago as part of budget negotiations.

Trotta on Monday filed a proposed resolution to create a bipartisan six member legislative committee with subpoena power to probe alleged wrongdoing at top levels of the county police department.

She previously gave lawmakers contract reform recommendations and draft legislation, supported by legislative Democrats, that would create the new inspector general's office with subpoena powers.

With more than 30 state lawmakers who have been embroiled in legal or ethical dilemmas since 2000, the state needs an independent watchdog with subpoena powers to not only examine individual instances of wrongdoing, but also to propose solutions to systemic problems of corruption that plague New York.

Along with subpoena power, you have the power given by the rules of discovery, to conduct discovery, send interrogatories (written questions to the opponent and non -...

«I think there is a sense that the acquisition of great wealth is a value in and of itself and rules are for chumps,» said Brodsky, who spent much of his 20 years rooting out corruption as a crusading committee chairman with subpoena power.

Even this Commission, armed with subpoena power, still has been unable to track down the sources of the torrent of money flowing into and within our state.»

Such commissions come with subpoena power, and virtually open - ended authority to dig behind the scenes.

At the time, the Senate Republicans were calling on Spitzer to make Cuomo a special prosecutor with the subpoena power so he could take a deeper dive into investigating Troopergate.

Cuomo opposes the bill, pushing instead for the creation of a procurement inspector general with subpoena power.

ATSIC should also be provided with subpoena powers and the ability to call government departments to appear before the ATSIC Board to account for their performance on delivering services to Indigenous peoples.

Making good on a long - standing threat, Cuomo today is expected to create a special Moreland Act Commission with subpoena power to investigate legislative corruption.

Democrats want a new inspector general's office with subpoena power to probe questionable contracts.

With the laws approved through the override, the NYPD will get a watchdog with subpoena power to examine the NYPD's «operations, policies, programs and practices,» not just stop - and - frisk, like the court monitor.

Along with subpoena power, you have the power given by the rules of discovery, to conduct discovery, send interrogatories (written questions to the opponent and non-parties), requests for admission (requests that opponents and non-parties admit or deny statements of fact), requests for production (of tangible documents and things) and to take depositions (recorded testimony).

In something of a veiled threat to Cuomo, Skelos pointed out that the Legislature has investigative committees with subpoena power that can look into the executive branch.

Mr. Johnson said he would seek to re-establish a dedicated investigative arm of the Council — with subpoena power, and staffed by former prosecutors, investigators and analysts — of the sort that was created three decades ago under Peter Vallone Sr., the city's first Council speaker.

Making good on a long - standing threat, Cuomo on Tuesday will create a special Moreland Act commission with subpoena power to investigate legislative corruption.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has formed a commission with subpoena power to determine what went wrong.

«With subpoena power, there might be more explicit cases that come out,» Mahoney said.