Judges are allowed to strip pensions
of public officials convicted of corruption, but it only applies to appointed and elected officials who joined the pension system after Nov. 13, 2011.
Not exact matches
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence to
convict the veteran legislator in two
corruption schemes, but jury instructions didn't comply with a new Supreme Court decision narrowing the type
of acts required
of public officials in a quid - pro-quo bribery scheme to formal exercises
of government power.
One measure that seems particularly close to an agreement is the elimination
of taxpayer - funded pensions for
officials convicted of public corruption.
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.
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.
Therefore, we are proposing a constitutional amendment to require
public officials convicted of corruption to forfeit their pensions.
Public officials who are convicted of public corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retir
Public officials who are
convicted of public corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retir
public corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retirement.
Newsday: «(A) bill to strip
public pensions from
officials convicted of corruption was approved, and that's worth applauding — while recognizing this is step one in a process that must be kept on track.»
Many believe that the only hope for government ethics reform is agreement on pension forfeiture for elected
officials convicted of public corruption.
«This body has passed forfeiture
of pensions for
public officials convicted of corruption,» Young said.
The budget applies New York's pension forfeiture law to all
public officials who are
convicted of public corruption, including those who entered the retirement system before enactment
of the pension forfeiture law in 2011.
The New York state legislature ruled in 2011 that
officials convicted of public corruption would be stripped
of their pensions — but the law wouldn't apply to
officials already in office.
Martins, a former state senator from Old Westbury, centered his ad on a proposed state constitutional amendment to require
officials convicted of public corruption to forfeit their state 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.
But a bill to strip
public pensions from
officials convicted of corruption was approved, and that's worth applauding — while recognizing this is step one in a process that must be kept on track.
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.
New Yorkers will be asked in a statewide referendum as early as next year whether
public officials convicted of corruption should be stripped
of their pensions.
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.
Newsday is «guardedly optimistic about progress on legislation that would strip state pensions from
public officials convicted of corruption,» but urges lawmakers to «cast a wide net.»
A bill gaining momentum in Albany would deny state pensions to any more
public officials convicted of corruption under a practice that now pays out nearly $ 800,000 a year to politicians
convicted of crimes.
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.
Lawmakers snubbed all
of his proposals except the most obvious one: a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent
public officials convicted of corruption from collecting state pensions.
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.
Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello leveled extraordinary criticism at GOP
officials who are embroiled in
public corruption scandals, saying he was «angry as hell,» and would do everything he can to «get them out
of the party» if they are
convicted.
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.
That ruling, reached six months after the Skeloses were
convicted, significantly narrowed the definition
of an «
official act» as it applies to federal bribery statutes and found that, while the McDonnell case was «distasteful,» it did not rise to the level
of public corruption.
This November, New York voters will get to decide whether state
officials who are
convicted of public corruption can be stripped
of their 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.
An
official convicted of public corruption will forfeit his or her pension — a process that requires amending the state constitution.
«Any elected
official who betrays the
public's trust and is
convicted of corruption should immediately have their pension revoked.
So we are guardedly optimistic about progress on legislation that would strip state pensions from
public officials convicted of corruption.
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 or
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 or
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 or children.
ALBANY — If as many state legislators who say they want to deny pensions to
public officials who are
convicted of corruption had voted to do so, the hard - line measure might already be on the road to passage.
NEW YORK (AP)-- The
corruption conviction
of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday by a federal appeals court that cited a recent Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the definition
of what it takes to
convict a
public official.
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.
Strip pensions from
public officials convicted of corruption.
Every freshman member
of the Assembly — including five from the Capital Region from both parties — signed on to a bill that would strip
public officials convicted of felony
corruption of their pensions, the bill's sponsor said Wednesday.
Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution urging state legislators to move forward with a Senate and Assembly bill that would amend the state constitution to authorize the forfeiture
of retirement benefits earned during the term
of office
of a New York elected
official convicted of a
public corruption felony.
The first Canadian charged and
convicted under Canada's
Corruption of Foreign
Public Officials Act was handed a three - year jail sentence Friday.