NYS Governor David Paterson vetoed the state Legislature’s ethics reform bill today, arguing it does not go far enough.
The bill would have required lawmakers to disclose more about their outside business interests, including how much they make outside of the Legislature.
State lawmakers approved the bill to police themselves, but the governor said it was too weak to fix the ethical issues Albany faces.
The governor had called for a stricter set of reforms in his State of the State speech, including term limits for lawmakers.
“I realize that if I sign this bill into law, the leaders of the Legislature will celebrate their achievement and the Legislature will not address the broken ethics system again this year,” said Paterson in a statement today. “On the campaign trail, politics would trump reality, and victory would be declared without being earned. As Governor, I cannot allow this to happen.”
State lawmakers say they will try to negotiate a compromise with the governor, although Senate Democrats say they may try to override the veto.
(Source: NY1)
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ethics and new york state (or city) do not belong in the same sentence.
they are mutually incompatible.
like mcgreevey and “professor of ethics” (his job after leaving governorship.
mabey the republicans in the N.Y.S. Senate will help him out here since they claim to be so ethical.
Term limits is a scam.
Bloomberg used them to get rid of Guiliani so he could buy the election for himself, now suddenly he is against term limits and wants to be crowned, mayor for life.