Sentences with phrase «york pension official»

He also helped a brother of a senior New York pension official distribute a low - budget film called «Chooch» through a DVD company controlled by Quadrangle.

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Source E allegedly told his compatriot that agents were compensated by «consular officials in New York, DC, and Miami,» who issued «pension disbursements to Russian émigrés living in the US as cover... tens of thousands of dollars were involved.»

«Obama advisor and big - time Democrat Party fundraiser Steve Rattner bribed a New York State pension fund official by slipping $ 88,000 to the official's brother.

There are five pension funds in New York City, which, unlike the state pension fund, are run by boards of trustees comprised of elected and appointed officials and union representatives.

There would, however, be a separate bill in which Cuomo seeks an agreement to allow some police officers, firefighters and members of the New York City Employees» Retirement System, which includes corrections officers, to qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits, according to an anonymous administration official who spoke to the New York Times.

Senator Savino, a former high ranking union official, says municipal union leaders in New York City have not yet been adequately briefed on a policy that would represent a big change for public pensions.

The budget applies New York's pension forfeiture law to all public officials who are convicted of public corruption, including those who entered the retirement system before enactment of the pension forfeiture law in 2011.

New York's governor says it adds «insult to injury» that taxpayers have to pay for pensions for elected officials convicted of corruption.

The New York state legislature ruled in 2011 that officials convicted of public corruption would be stripped of their pensions — but the law wouldn't apply to officials already in office.

,» but, «New York pays pensions to crooked public officials?

They are aligned with an organization called the Committee to Save New York (CSNY) in pushing local officials to call on the state legislature to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed Tier VI Pension reform plan.

The state Senate and state Assembly passed different versions of pension stripping bills in 2015, so New York is not able to propose a constitutional amendment to withhold pensions from officials who were elected before 2011.

Back in his western New York district, GOP Sen. Robert Ortt calls for the passage of a constitutional amendment that would require corrupt officials be stripped of their pensions, a measure that has been bottled up in the Legislature.

``... The elected officials, the Senate and the Assembly, should save the people of New York from this governor, who promised them he was going to freeze wages, he was going to take money from the pension.

It is my opinion that in the Bronx, New York City and throughout New York State folks of all ideologies, political party, socio - economic level and demographics are with a Comptroller who is independent and ever mindful that he is caretaker for the NYS pensions, our revenue, the economy of our great state and a role often overlooked the person who watches for corruption by elected officials, corporations, contractors and others who commit malfeasances.

This November, New York voters will get to decide whether state officials who are convicted of public corruption can be stripped of their pensions.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

ALBANY — State lawmakers were assembling the skeleton of a long - awaited deal on a number of issues on Thursday evening, including a one - year extension of Mayor Bill de Blasio's control of New York City schools and an ethics reform measure that would strip state pensions from elected officials convicted of a felony.

Voters in New York state will decide next month whether to authorize judges to strip the pensions of corrupt officials.

The people of New York believe if an elected official has done something wrong, they shouldn't be entitled to their pension,» Heastie said on Wednesday.

The «End New York Corruption Now Act» would also expand the powers of the attorney general's office to prosecute public corruption, create new criminal categories for undisclosed self - dealing and bribery, and change the pension forfeiture rule passed earlier this year to prevent state funds being used even to provide for a convicted official's spouse or children.

New York is one of only four states that give one official the power to invest pensions.

Bharara told the Moreland Commission that his office had just adopted a new set of policies to go after public officials» pensions — starting with Stevenson, a former member of the Bronx New York Assembly, and disgraced ex-state Sen.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about legal fees two local lawyers, who are also local officials, claim are owed to them from a 2006 civil rights case and a proposed New York State constitutional amendment to strip the pensions of corrupt public officials.

The proposals listed on the back of the ballot could lead to sweeping changes in state laws through a New York constitutional convention, take away the pensions of public officials convicted of felonies, and make it easier to do road and utility work in the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve.

Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, which is a statewide coalition that champions open, honest and accountable government, said, «Public officials who break the law shouldn't get a taxpayer pension, period.»

Much has been written about the case, which focused on how financial firms gained access to the New York State pension fund by providing favors and kickbacks to state pension officials and those close to them.

«The reality is the vast majority of New York state public officials entered the public pension system well before then and therefore continue to operate under the old rules,» Buchwald said.

Relations were much friendlier in the earliest days of the investigation, in summer 2007, when Mr. Cuomo's office began scrutinizing the tiny circle of associates around State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, who had positioned themselves as middlemen between financial firms seeking investments from the New York State Common Retirement Fund — the third largest pension fund in the country — and the public officials who controlled how the money was invested.

According to officials, securities of fossil fuel companies currently make up less than three percent of New York's $ 189 billion pension fund, which will eventually be reduced to zero.

An official who oversees investments for New York City's pension funds thinks Mark Zuckerberg should step down as Facebook's chairman.