Sentences with phrase «of public officials convicted of corruption»

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.

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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 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.

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.