(Long Island, NY) “If this doesn’t signal to all of us that we need to fundamentally reform how Albany functions then I’m not sure what will. The time has come for the Republican Majority to finally join with the Senate Democrats and pass the ethics bills we have introduced and supported for years. We need to implement a full-time Legislature and restrict legislators’ outside income; we need to close the LLC loophole; we need to prohibit taxpayer reimbursement of campaign and legal defense funds and strip pensions from public officials convicted of corruption. We need to restore the public’s trust in state government and that will only happen when the Senate Republicans agree to listen to the voters and take meaningful steps to clean up Albany. The Senate Democrats stand ready to reform state government, and I hope the Senate Republicans will finally join us.”
BACKGROUND
- 2015 Senate Democratic Conference Ethics Reforms Release: http://www.scribd.com/doc/255205271/Senate-Democratic-Conference-Introduce-The-Clean-Up-Albany-Legislative-Package
- 2015 Senate Democratic Conference Release on Closing the “LLC Loophole:” http://www.scribd.com/doc/263268502/Senate-Democratic-Conference-Calls-For-Passage-Of-Critical-Ethics-Reform-To-Close-The-LLC-Loophole#scribd
- 2014 Senate Democratic Conference Ethics Reforms Release: http://www.scribd.com/doc/222382517/05-06-14-Ethics-Reform-Bill-Package-Release
- 2014 Leader Statement on Need to Clean Up Albany: http://www.scribd.com/doc/250254027/12-16-14-Statement-on-Ethics-Reform-PusH
- 2013 Senate Democratic Conference Ethics Reforms Release: http://www.scribd.com/doc/136063151/04-15-13-Ethics-Reform-Bill-Package-Release
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