Ethics Reform, Post-Silver Conviction

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 3, 2015

Two assemblymembers talk about what could and should change in Albany int he wake of former Speaker Sheldon Silver's corruption conviction.

New York State Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell (D-69) talks about a bill he's proposing that will tie assemblymembers' salaries to congressional salaries rather than allowing bi-annual conditional pay raises.

New York State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-20), representing the South Shore of Long Island, says part of the problem in Albany is it's a part-time legislature, which doesn't lead to better work.

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