Sentences with phrase «diem payments in»

The biggest offender, according to the Post, was Assemblyman Herman Farrell Jr., a Harlem Democrat who collected $ 21,632 in per - diem payments in 2014.

Dean Skelos, the Senate majority leader, took in $ 10,981 in per - diem payments in 2014 despite using a $ 134,000 Albany condo owned by his wife as his second home.

She collected $ 20,306 in per - diem payments in 2014, the most of any senator, state records show.

Sen. Velmanette Montgomery, a Brooklyn Democrat, owns an Albany house valued at $ 155,000 and got $ 17,820 in per - diem payments in 2014, the second highest of any senator.

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In a move likely to infuriate Republicans as well as Democrats, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino will pledge Monday to end the Legislature's sessions in April, halt the lawmakers» scandal - ridden «per diem» payment system, and make new lawmakers join a less - costly state pension system, The Post has learneIn a move likely to infuriate Republicans as well as Democrats, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino will pledge Monday to end the Legislature's sessions in April, halt the lawmakers» scandal - ridden «per diem» payment system, and make new lawmakers join a less - costly state pension system, The Post has learnein April, halt the lawmakers» scandal - ridden «per diem» payment system, and make new lawmakers join a less - costly state pension system, The Post has learned.

· End Per Diem Payments: Attorney General Schneiderman proposed ending per diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimbursemeDiem Payments: Attorney General Schneiderman proposed ending per diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimburPayments: Attorney General Schneiderman proposed ending per diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimbursemediem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimburpayments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimbursements.

Scarborough said he believed the FBI inquiry was triggered by a «hit job» in a New York City tabloid — an apparent reference to an October 2012 article in the New York Post that detailed the more than $ 59,000 in per diem payments he collected in 2010 and 2011.

The bill would require that state lawmakers disclose details of their sources of outside income, even law clients, and that they prove they were actually in Albany, using an electronic card swipe system, before they are entitled to per diem expense payments.

He put in for $ 5,470 in per diems, $ 1,680 in personal car payments and $ 93.75 in tolls in 2010.

In the meantime, he says his office and federal prosecutors will continue to scrutinize lawmakers whose per diem payments and other travel expenses don't add up.

«I certainly think we're better off raising legislative salaries,» said Schneiderman, who believes per diem payments provide the wrong financial incentives, since it encourages lawmakers to stay in Albany instead of their home districts when the legislature is not in session.

Until less than a year ago, there was no oversight of how lawmakers used, or misused the per diem expense payments they receive while in Albany.

The Bronx pol managed to receive his per diems — payments for each day spent in Albany — despite missing 173 votes last year, about 15 % of the total votes held during the year, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group.

In 2012, state Assembly leaders proposed raising the per diem payments for members who go to the Capitol on official business.

Schneiderman has been probing alleged per diem abuse, and his work has led to the indictment of at least one lawmaker, Assemblyman William Scarborough, who's accused of wrongly receiving $ 40,000 in travel reimbursements and per diem payments that he was not entitled to.

Earlier this week, the Daily News ranked first - term Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson # 1 for claiming $ 31,351 in legislative per diem and travel payments in 2011.

Former Gov. David Paterson is one of at least two dozen current or former state lawmakers to purchase a house, condo or apartment in the Albany area and use their per - diem payments to help cover the costs.

In a damning speech this spring, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the State Legislature to prohibit outside income for legislators and end per diem payments.

Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn is facing federal mail fraud charges related to allegations that he filed bogus travel vouchers and collected per diem payments for days the lawmaker falsely claimed he was in Albany on legislative business.

Scarborough received $ 59,085 in per diem payments between 2010 and 2011.

Legislators are paid a part - time salary of $ 79,500 a year, but committee and leadership positions as well as the per - diem payment for work in Albany pushes most salaries to more than $ 100,000 a year.

The indictment says that Boyland received «tens of thousands of dollars» in mileage expenses and per diem payments that he was not entitled to collect.

The charges stem from an investigation into Mr. Scarborough's per diem payments — the money Albany lawmakers are paid in expenses for each day they report they are staying in Albany, the subject of much scrutiny in conversations surrounding ethics reforms.

Saying incremental attempts at reform had not been enough to stave off corruption in Albany, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today called for the end of all outside income and per diem payments for members of the State Legislature.

In addition to ending outside income, Mr. Schneiderman also called for an end to per diem payments to Albany legislators — $ 172 a day doled out to lawmakers to cover their expenses for traveling to Albany, without receipts required.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will call for an overhaul of Albany's ethics laws, including an end to outside income and per diem payments, and an increase in legislative pay, in a speech to the good government group Citizens Union on Monday evening.

ALBANY — Staking out a broad vision of ethics reform amid a swirl of other proposals in the capital, New York's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, called for an elimination of all outside jobs for state legislators and the end of a widely criticized system of per diem payments.

In their cross hairs from the outset were the pots of money that had long spawned scandals in the Legislature: campaign donations and spending; the easy - to - abuse expense reimbursements known as per diem payments; and the outside income that some lawmakers earned in lucrative part - time jobs, often at law firms representing clients with business before the statIn their cross hairs from the outset were the pots of money that had long spawned scandals in the Legislature: campaign donations and spending; the easy - to - abuse expense reimbursements known as per diem payments; and the outside income that some lawmakers earned in lucrative part - time jobs, often at law firms representing clients with business before the statin the Legislature: campaign donations and spending; the easy - to - abuse expense reimbursements known as per diem payments; and the outside income that some lawmakers earned in lucrative part - time jobs, often at law firms representing clients with business before the statin lucrative part - time jobs, often at law firms representing clients with business before the state.

Mr. Schneiderman also proposed ending per diem payments to legislators, who receive $ 172 each day they are in Albany and are not required to submit receipts — an honor system which has been cited as ripe for abuse.

The bill would require that state lawmakers disclose details of their sources of outside income, even law clients, and that they prove they were actually in Albany (using an electronic card swipe system) before they are entitled to per diem expense payments.

Only four lawmakers billed more than $ 30,000 in per diem payments, mileage, train tickets and taxi fare; totals in the $ 15,000 - to - $ 25,000 range were typical.

The federal indictment found Scarborough claimed per diems 174 times between 2009 and 2012 for days he either wasn't in Albany or didn't spend enough time outside the district to be eligible for the payment.

This spreadsheet doesn't handle prorated or «per diem» periods that are sometimes used in the first and last payments.

However, payments received in excess of the greater of per diem tax maximum limits or actual expenses paid are probably going to be taxable as income.

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However, payments received in excess of the greater of per diem tax maximum limits or actual expenses paid are probably going to be taxable as income.

There may be tax consequences in some situations in accepting an accelerated benefit payment amount, such as where total payments exceed the per diem limitation under the Internal Revenue Code.