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Reviving the Pocket Veto in New York State | Government Reform
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Reviving the Pocket Veto in New York State. March 3, 2015. By: Bennett Liebman, Government Lawyer in Residence. Governor Andrew Cuomo in January and February of 2015 pocket-vetoed three contentious bills from the 2014 legislative session. [1]. He took no action on these bills, and they de facto did not become law. So how could these bills be pocket-vetoed in an era where there are no adjournments? The answer would seem that to be that at the end of the calendar year, the legislature as a matter of course...
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There Really Was a Lava Libretti | Government Reform
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There Really Was a Lava Libretti. March 12, 2015. Government Lawyer in Residence. Over the decades, former New York State governor Mario Cuomo used to talk about the many assumed names he had used over the years while playing basketball and baseball games in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island. He spoke about playing in church-sponsored leagues and regional leagues under the names Glendy Laduke, Lava Libretti, Matt Dente, Connie Cutts, and even Igor Livingston. [1]. Against the Flushing Flashes. In the ...
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New York State and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Tests | Government Reform
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New York State and the National Assessment of Educational Progress Tests. March 17, 2015. Government Lawyer in Residence. The NAEP is a congressionally authorized project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. Its report cards since 1969 communicate a continuing and nationally representative measure of achievement in various subjects over time. National Long Term Trends from 2012. Compared to the first assessm...
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“Three Men in a Room” and Albany: Where did the Phrase come from? | Government Reform
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Three Men in a Room and Albany: Where did the Phrase come from? March 11, 2015. Government Lawyer in Residence. There have been regular meetings of the Governor and the legislative leaders since at least 1943 when Governor Thomas Dewey came into office. [1]. Where the term three men in a room has appeared in the same article as the word Albany. There is even a book entitled. Three Men in a Room: The Inside Story of Power And Betrayal in an American Statehouse. 8211; has broken down. [6]. Emphasis added] ...
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The Government Reform Blog is produced by the Government Law Center. At Albany Law School as part of its national Program on Government Reform and Restructuring. The goal of the Program is to provide information and analysis concerning the laws, practices and proposed reforms relating to state and local governments across the United States. Robert Batson, Government Lawyer in Residence at the Government Law Center. Charles Gottlieb,Staff Attorney at the Government Law Center. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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The Case Law under the Moreland Act | Government Reform
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The Case Law under the Moreland Act. March 20, 2015. Government Lawyer in Residence. While the Moreland Act was in regular use from the time it was first enacted, there have been only been a limited number of cases that refer directly to the Act. [1]. In the first fifty years that the Act was in effect, and when it was most frequently utilized by governors, there were relatively few cases that specifically involved the reach and effect of the Act. [2]. The first time that the Act was mentioned was in.
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Terminating Gubernatorial Investigatory Commissions | Government Reform
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Terminating Gubernatorial Investigatory Commissions. April 16, 2015. Government Lawyer in Residence. In response to numerous indictments of state elected officials, convictions and a political climate where public corruption appeared to be running rampant, Governor Andrew Cuomo established a Moreland Act Commission [1]. To review public corruption in June of 2013. [2]. Thomas Dewey – Daniel O’Connell 1943-1946. Perhaps the New York prototype for the controversial ending of an investigatory/prosecutory co...
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The Case Law under the Moreland Act. March 20, 2015. Government Lawyer in Residence. While the Moreland Act was in regular use from the time it was first enacted, there have been only been a limited number of cases that refer directly to the Act. [1]. In the first fifty years that the Act was in effect, and when it was most frequently utilized by governors, there were relatively few cases that specifically involved the reach and effect of the Act. [2]. The first time that the Act was mentioned was in.
