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The governor also dismissed the notion that he could have fought harder for that issue and defended the five - point package he announced on Friday, including an agreement with the Legislature to strip pensions from policy makers and lawmakers convicted of crimes related to their public office.

David L. Lewis, a lawyer for Senate Republicans, objected to a measure that would toughen the penalties for lawmakers convicted of corruption.

While the details differ, Buchwald said the core message is that there is broad, bipartisan agreement that lawmakers convicted of felonies shouldn't continue to profit from the offices they betrayed while behind bars.

Legislators, in an all night session, took the first step to change the state's constitution to require lawmakers convicted of a felony to forfeit their pensions, in answer to public outcry over dozens of Senators and Assembly members, including the two former leaders of the legislature keeping healthy pensions even though many have been sentenced to prison.

Heastie called for closure of the so - called limited liability company loophole, «limiting big money in politics,» and pension forfeiture for lawmakers convicted of felonies.

Cuomo says he's continuing to push for a package of ethics reforms that will require legislators to fully disclose their outside income, curb abuses of their daily expense accounts, and end pensions for lawmakers convicted of crimes.

It would also amend the state constitution to require lawmakers convicted of corruption charges to surrender their pensions, make changes to the per diem system, and create a commission to examine the possibility of a pay increase for state commissioners and lawmakers.

It would deny pensions for lawmakers convicted of serious crimes.

Cuomo outlined several changes he said should take place, including full disclosure of all outside income for legislators; stopping the personal use of campaign funds; updating campaign finance laws to require more disclosure; and removing state pensions from lawmakers convicted of public corruption.

A bill introduced yesterday by Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. would require the automatic expulsion of any state lawmakers convicted of certain misdemeanor charges, according to a

A 2015 agreement to amend the state's constitution to take away the pensions of lawmakers convicted of felonies passed in the Senate, but still has not been approved in the Assembly.

Silver is the most prominent in a string of state lawmakers convicted by prosecutors in the office of Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. McGrath has said that he supports some ethics reforms, like term limits for legislators and stripping pensions from lawmakers convicted of a felony; Mr. Kaminsky's spokesman, Evan Thies, defended his attendance record as «excellent,» noting that he had sponsored 16 bills that eventually passed, a freshman record.

He did achieve additional disclosure of lawmaker's outside income, as well as reform of legislators» daily expense accounts and the go - ahead to change the state's constitution to require that lawmakers convicted of crimes forfeit their pensions.

Horner says both Republicans and Democrats do support ending pensions for lawmakers convicted of felonies, and they will have an opportunity to take a final vote on that measure in 2017.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has had to calculate and sign off on the pensions for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who are both convicted felons, as well as several other lawmakers convicted of felonies.

Cuomo wants to force legislators to disclose all outside income, eliminate pensions for lawmakers convicted of public corruption and stop the use of campaign funds for personal expenses.

He also proposed that lawmakers convicted of corruption be required to forfeit their taxpayer - funded pensions, that per diems be given either to reimburse specific travel expenses or as a lump sum, and that more stringent campaign finance laws be enacted to prevent campaign funds from going to personal use.

The governor says legislature should at least address a stalled measure to cancel the pensions of lawmakers convicted of felonies.

The government reform group Citizens Union, which has taken to running a corruption tracker on its website, will now have to add two more names to the dozens of lawmakers convicted of crimes over the past decade and a half.

That means greater disclosure of business and law clients from legislators» side jobs, a ban on the personal use of campaign funds, greater safeguards for per diem reimbursement, pension forfeiture for lawmakers convicted of public corruption and greater disclosure by independent expenditure campaign accounts.

«In it, the self - professed reformer lauds the importance of a measure that would strip the pension of state lawmakers convicted of a felony, the result of an apparent three - way agreement between the Governor and leaders of the Senate and Assembly.»

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will push for a law that bars lawmakers convicted of felonies from receiving their pensions.

Seventy - seven percent support a Cuomo proposal to withhold state pension payments from state lawmakers convicted of public corruption crimes regardless of when the official was first elected.

The ethics changes would deny pensions for lawmakers convicted of serious crimes.

He mentioned by name U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who scored convictions of legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos last year, as he advocated for ethical fixes that include stripping pensions of any lawmakers convicted of a crime.

The same is true for the 28 other state lawmakers convicted during the past 12 years, in DeFrancisco's mind.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has had to calculate and sign off on the pensions for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who are both convicted felons, as well as several other lawmakers convicted of felonies.

● Keep corrupt lawmakers convicted of defrauding the public from receiving taxpayer - funded pensions.

The eight years of Preet Bharara's tenure as U.S. attorney changed Albany, ousting lawmakers convicted of corruption and peeling back the unsavory workings of state government.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has said there is a «crisis of corruption» at the state Capitol in Albany, had asked Caproni to send Silver to prison for longer than any other previous New York state lawmaker convicted of public corruption, which would be at least 14 years.

It was an expected development, as state law requires the seat of any lawmaker convicted of a felony to be immediately vacated.

Dean Skelos is the latest Albany lawmaker convicted of corruption.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wants Caproni to send Silver to prison for longer than any other previous New York state lawmaker convicted of public corruption, which would be at least 14 years.

Also set to be discussed at Wednesday's Rule Committee meeting, a resolution in support of state legislation to require forfeiture of pension monies for any lawmaker convicted of a felony pertaining to his or her work as an elected official.

«We lived up to an agreement that would take away the pension of any lawmaker convicted of a felony,» said Senate Republicans spokesman Scott Reif.

Not exact matches

(Two lawmakers were convicted of receiving illegal payments.)

In a letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state House and Senate Wednesday, Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for prosecuting people on the state level for the exact crimes they were convicted of — and pardoned for — on the federal level.

Lbous was convicted last summer of lying to the FBI during a 2010 interview in which the lawmaker claimed he could not recall the circumstances of his son Matthew's job at a Westchester County law firm.

New York gun owners convicted of misdemeanors in domestic - violence cases would have their firearms taken away under a bill lawmakers approved along with the new state budget.

He joins several other state lawmakers who have been indicted, convicted, or jailed on various charges.

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

New York State taxpayers could find themselves paying $ 700,000 in legal fees for a convicted Albany lawmaker.

Bharara said he would go after the public pensions of elected officials convicted of corruption charges when they are sentenced, starting with two state lawmakers currently being prosecuted.

Attorneys representing former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted, along with his son Adam, on corruption charges, have — like Silver's lawyers — used the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of former Gov. Bob McDonald to appeal the conviction of the ex-Long Island Republican lawmaker.

The proposal comes as lawmakers are drawing closer to an agreement on a constitutional amendment that would force public officials convicted of corruption to surrender their pension benefits.

The New York legislature was closing down on an end - of - session deal that would strip convicted lawmakers of their pensions, extend mayoral control of New York City schools for one more year, and legalize daily fantasy sports gambling.

But a second question of whether to strip pensions from convicted lawmakers was approved.

At the time, two former Senate leaders and a former state comptroller had been convicted of fraud and bribery, and a number of rank - and - file lawmakers had been convicted of corruption, and, in one case, assaulting a girlfriend.

As part of a separate piece of legislation, lawmakers have agreed to give first passage to a constitutional amendment that would make officials who entered the pension system before 2011 forfeit their pensions if they're convicted of a felony related to their public position.