Sentences with phrase «elected officials convicted of a felony»

The most likely reform measure to become law is a proposal to cancel the pensions of elected officials convicted of a felony.

This year, voters will decide whether to amend the state's constitution to ban elected officials convicted of a felony from collecting a state pension.

Among steps that could be taken to fight corruption, 78 percent of respondents supported requiring elected officials convicted of felonies to forfeit their state pensions.

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.

We saw success statewide when voters approved a constitutional amendment to strip elected officials convicted of felonies of their taxpayer funded pensions, a measure previously approved by both the Senate and Assembly.

When the Assembly came to order on June 17 for a session that would last until 5:09 a.m. the next day, it still needed to pass an anti-heroin package, a roll - back of the state's Blue Laws, the legalization of daily fantasy sports, a constitutional amendment that could make more elected officials convicted of felonies forfeit their pensions, a government transparency measure, and 57 other bills.

In his budget Governor Cuomo proposed limiting lawmakers» outside income, closing a campaign finance law loophole that allows limited liability companies to circumvent donor limits, and cancelling the pensions of elected officials convicted of a felony.

Those items will include term limits, limiting lawmakers» outside income, and requiring elected officials convicted of felonies to forfeit their pensions.

If approved by voters this fall, any elected official convicted of a felony crime related to their office will be stripped of their state pension.

Proposition Two would modify the state's constitution to allow judges the discretion to strip the pensions from some elected officials convicted of felonies.

The legislature and governor even took a step backward from the agreement, when they failed to follow through on a deal to take steps to deny pensions to elected officials convicted of felonies.

«And actually one of my first actions here in Albany was to sign on to Senator Marcellino's bill, I think it was S. 1923, and it proposes that any elected officials convicted of a felony involving their position must give up their pension benefits,» says Serino.

In his budget, Cuomo proposed limiting lawmakers» outside income, closing a campaign finance law loophole that allows limited liability companies to circumvent donor limits, and canceling the pensions of elected officials convicted of a felony.

Governor Cuomo in his budget proposed limiting lawmakers» outside income, closing a campaign finance law loophole that allows Limited Liability Companies to circumvent donor limits, and cancelling the pensions of elected officials convicted of a felony.