Not passing an ethic overhaul would be a “total failure” by the Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today.

The governor, who made a renewed push for the issue this morning with the release of a video calling on legislators to clean up their act in Albany, said lawmakers not approving a bill shows they never want one to begin with.

He also renewed his threat to create a Moreland Commission to investigate the Legislature if his yet-to-be introduced bill isn’t approved. Cuomo said the commission would be in place by the end of June, when the Legislature wraps up its regular session.

“If the Legislature does not pass ethics reform and we end this legislative session and there has been no ethics reform legislation passed and the people of the state of New York are looking at another year and nothing happened…that is avoidable.”

“That would be a total failure of elected service in this state. If they don’t pass ethics reform, then I’m going to do a Moreland Commission,” he said.

It’s unclear what would be included in the ethics bill since all of the talk on the measure has been conducted behind closed doors. However, Cuomo has indicated he wants a bill that would require legislators to further disclose their outside income and, for lawyers, reveal their clients.

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