Sentences with phrase «officials of their pension benefits»

In the end, the Assembly wound up approving an alternative measure for stripping corrupt officials of their pension benefits.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is proposing legislation that would strip public officials of their pension benefits if they are convicted of a felony.

Not exact matches

As tax revenues have shrunk, the city's financial obligations have grown — mainly to an ever - expanding pool of 30,000 retirees, promised life - time pensions and health benefits by short - sighted government officials over decades who consistently failed to fund those future obligations.

There would, however, be a separate bill in which Cuomo seeks an agreement to allow some police officers, firefighters and members of the New York City Employees» Retirement System, which includes corrections officers, to qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits, according to an anonymous administration official who spoke to the New York Times.

No formal agreement has been reached for the Senate to approve the Assembly's version of an amendment for corrupt officials to lose their pension benefits, Senate IDC Leader Jeff Klein on Friday said after leaving Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

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 measure would strip pension benefits for public officials convicted of a felony.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

«One of the most important things the legislature can do in an effort to restore some faith in the system is to pass the proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure elected officials like Sheldon Silver, who abused their office for their own personal benefit, would not receive a public pension,» said Little in a statement.

Yegeri also explained the DA's desire for state officials also enact legislation stripping pension, retirement benefits and control over campaign funds from elected officials convicted of a crime, expelled from office, or resign due to a crime committed during their service.

-LSB-...] Rockland County Legislator Ed Day is sponsoring two resolutions that, if passed, would strip elected officials of pension and retirement benefits when an official is convicted of any felony offense against public administration while holding elective [cont] ED DAY SAYS CORRUPT POLITICOS SHOULD LOSE STATE PENSIONSRockland County TimesRockland County Legislator Ed Day is sponsoring two resolutions that, if passed, would strip elected officials of pension and retirement benefits when an official is convicted of any felony offense against public administration while holding elective [cont] Original source -LSB-...]

PRESS RELEASE FROM LEGISLATOR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE ED DAY Rockland County Legislator Ed Day is sponsoring two resolutions that, if passed, would strip elected officials of pension and retirement benefits when an official is convicted of any felony offense against public administration while holding elective office.

Several of his ethics reform proposals were approved in the most recent state budget, including forcing legislators to reveal all outside sources of income over $ 1,000 and the loss of pension benefits for elected officials convicted of corruption.

Rockland County Legislator Ed Day is sponsoring two resolutions that, if passed, would strip elected officials of pension and retirement benefits when an official is convicted of any felony offense against public administration while holding elective office.

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.

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.

Seward is pointing to his proposal that would end the full pension benefits for those officials found guilty of corruption.

Assembly Republicans called on Tuesday for a vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip pension benefits from state officials convicted of corruption and called an alternative measure working its way through the chamber a «watered - down» measure.

The real pension benefit for NHS employees and teachers is 28 % of salary, double the official 14 %, for Civil Servants it is 33 %, versus the official 19 %.

Hevesi is just one of many state officials who has spent time in prison, but the State Constitution guarantees the continued flow of pension benefits.

Bloomberg administration officials attribute increased cost in uniformed services to the rising cost of health care and pension benefits.

«And actually one of my first actions here in Albany was to sign on to Senator Marcellino's bill, I think it was S. 1923, and it proposes that any elected officials convicted of a felony involving their position must give up their pension benefits,» says Serino.

Last month, Stec's legislation to strip pension and retirement benefits from officials convicted of a crime failed to make it out of committee.

The state legislature last week approved a constitutional amendment allowing judges to strip felonious officials of their pension and retirement benefits if they commit a crime related to their official duty.

We need real ethics reforms: eliminating pension benefits for convicted corrupt officials, a ban on personal use of campaign funds, a full - time legislature with sharp limits on conflicts of interest, and full - disclosure requirements for personal finances.

In response to an inquiry, an administration official confirmed the mayor's opposition to the legislation, which would raise benefits for one group of officers hired after July 2009 if they are injured on the job to conform with the disability pensions for those hired before July 2009.

Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony, involving the breach of public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits.

Under the bill, any state public official who is a member of a pension or retirement system and is convicted of a felony related to their public office could lose all of their pension benefits.

Directed by Peter Sollett and written by Philadelphia screenwriter Ron Nyswaner, Freeheld follows the true story of Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), a New Jersey police officer diagnosed with cancer, who's blocked by county officials from passing on her pension benefits to...

Our approach to valuing pensions, which considers both the generosity and the risk of pension benefits, is entirely consistent with economic theory, the way in which liabilities of all types are valued in the private sector, public - sector accounting standards in Canada and Western Europe, academic writings, and the judgments of officials at nonpartisan government agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal Reserve, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

During that presentation to the school board, budget officials showed board members a sobering graphic — that by 2031 - 32, half of the district's general fund budget would be spent on healthcare benefits and pension costs.

The financial «mugging» of the Taxpayers by the insatiably greedy Unions / Workers and enabled by our self - serving, vote - selling, contribution - soliciting elected officials, must end now...... by a hard freeze to ALL of these pensions & benefits... ZERO future growth.

If your income is solely made up of benefits or state pension, the official receiver wo n`t normally set an IPA.