Sentences with phrase «for public officials convicted of corruption»

«This body has passed forfeiture of pensions for public officials convicted of corruption,» Young said.

Not exact matches

One measure that seems particularly close to an agreement is the elimination of taxpayer - funded pensions for officials convicted of public corruption.

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Many believe that the only hope for government ethics reform is agreement on pension forfeiture for elected officials convicted of public corruption.

Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

Lawmakers are in both chambers are still edging toward finding an agreement for first passage of a constitutional amendment that would strip public officials of their pensions should they be convicted of corruption.

The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals, including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping public officials of their pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.

The Senate GOP, meanwhile, is knocking Kaminsky for appearing in a «shocking video» in which he extols the virtues of relieving former public officials convicted of corruption of their pension benefits.

Their package includes plans for a public funding of political campaigns, retroactively stripping pension beneifts of a public official who has been convicted of felony corruption charges, restricting the use of campaign funds for criminal defense and tighten campaign disclosure reports to identify lobbyists.

4) George Ryan, Republican of Illinois — Convicted in 2006 of 18 felony corruption counts for racketeering, mail fraud and tax fraud — largely related to selling government licenses and contracts as a public official.

Stripping public officials convicted of corruption is not in the proposal, but Democrats are «committed to reaching an agreement» for a constitutional amendment, which has stalled in the Legislature.

Assembly Democrats on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures including limits to outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture by public officials convicted of corruption.

Silver was convicted of using his political influence for political favors; the conviction was tossed last summer, when appellate judges in the 2nd Circuit ruled that the definition of «official acts» had been changed by a previous Supreme Court decision in the public corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

Assembly members did not require state public officials convicted of public corruption to forfeit their pensions and it also ignored Cuomo's pitch for public financing of campaigns.

Cuomo called for all state officials convicted of public corruption charges to be required to forfeit their state 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.

They also agree on the need to create a public online database of all county contracts, strip pensions from elected officials convicted of corruption and institute term limits for countywide and legislative office holders.

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 orCorruption 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 orcorruption, 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.

Stec congratulated Stefanik and said he would work hard on behalf of both election reform and continue to fight against corruption in Albany, specifically seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by next year that would call for stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their public pensions.

Cuomo proposes to extend a system of public campaign finance to all statewide offices and legislative races, ban the use of campaign funds for personal expenses, require the disclosure of outside income and the clients who supported it and change the state Constitution to allow prosecutors to claw back the pensions of officials convicted of public corruption.