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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Wednesday night formally confirmed the push for a pair of constitutional amendments that would ban outside income and term limit the state Legislature as talk of a special session before the end of the year heats up.

- Discussions continue over a legislative pay raise, as well as term limits and a ban on outside income.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

But while Cuomo has worked well with Senate Republicans on a variety of issues, he's signaled in recent weeks he would push for limits on the income lawmakers can earn outside of the Legislature as well as the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Dadey, with Citizen's Union, says ultimately, what's needed is a transition to a full time legislature, with strict limits on outside income, as is done in Congress.

Otherwise, Senate Republicans are pointing to legislative term limits — a nonstarter in the Assembly — as evidence of action, and the Democrats who dominate the lower chamber point to a suite of bills, including some restrictions on outside income, that were approved with full knowledge that they were dead on arrival in the State Senate.

In a written response to questions about potential ethics reforms in Albany, Larkin said on Tuesday that he was willing to consider limiting lawmakers» outside income, as opposed to banning it, but also voiced concerns about creating «professional politicians» and allowing only «the wealthy elite» to run.

Cuomo's stated agenda during the campaigns included public financing of political campaigns (no specifics on that, as yet), limits on the outside income for legislators, raising the age of criminal responsibility and extending public tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

Rationalization No. 2: Getting pols to agree on certain high - concept reforms, such as switching to a full - time Legislature and strictly limiting outside income, is also futile.

The governor went so as far as to circulate a questionnaire to candidates quizzing them on their support for ethics law changes, asking their position on limiting lawmakers» outside income and stricter campaign contribution requirements for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs).

... from the disclosure aspect, the transparency aspect, from the limits on outside income to stiff penalties for those who violate the law — such as pension forfeiture.»

Despite his attempt to use the pay raise for lawmakers as leverage, no special session meant no limits on outside incomes for state lawmakers and local government officials.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

«If the pay raise is adopted by the Commission, I will vote for limits on outside income, as I have in the past.»