Following calls by Governor Paterson to institute sweeping ethics reform in Albany, state lawmakers rolled out their own plan on Wednesday which some critics say doesn't go far enough. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report.

Even by Albany's standards, 2009 was a big year for ethics scandals -- former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was convicted of federal corruption charges, former assemblyman Anthony Seminerio pleaded guilty to fraud and State Senator Hiram Monserrate was convicted of assault.

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has also announced he has evidence State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Junior may have run afoul of the law with the non-profit health clinic he founded.

"New Yorkers are frustrated, and I'm frustrated also," said Senate Conference Leader John Sampson. "They are tired of the status quo. Tired of being let down and left out by those who were supposed to be looking out for their best interest."

On Wednesday, Albany lawmakers unveiled their own ethics reform package, setting themselves up for a bitter fight with Governor David Paterson who is expected to veto the bill.

The reforms would create a new office charged with investigating potential ethics violations in the legislature and would make it easier to crack down on campaign finance violations.

It would also require lawmakers to disclose the range of income they earn from outside jobs -- something that had been redacted from reports in the past.

Lawmakers earning money as consultants would have to list their clients. But legislators working for law firms, like Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson, would not.

"Is this proposal an across-the-board improvement in ethics oversight? Absolutely," said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

One leading government watchdog group who was noticeably absent from the announcement was Common Cause New York, which blasted the bill for not going far enough.

"We should say to our elected officials, 'Right now there is a crisis. You have to do better,'" said Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York.

Governor Paterson also criticized the bill, which comes on the heels of his own, and much more sweeping, ethics overhaul plan.

In a statement, a Paterson spokesperson said, "This proposal does nothing to address the underlying issues that have caused the people of New York to lose faith and trust in their government."