Sentences with phrase «own pension forfeiture bill»

«We want to make sure we have a pension forfeiture bill that we can get passed.»

«There's several version of pension forfeiture bills out there,» said Assemblyman Dan Stec, a Republican from Queensbury.

Here's a win for the Democrats, they were able to water pension forfeiture bill down so about as useful as a 1 armed paper hanger.

Also, remember the pension forfeiture bill is not significant reform.

As for the pension forfeiture bill, Speaker Heastie says lawmakers actually have until the end of 2016 before they have to finalize the first step to change the state's constitution, so he says there's plenty of time to agree on a new bill.

On Tuesday, the second - term lawmaker also slammed lawmakers in both houses for failing to include pension forfeiture bills in ethics reform packages earlier this year.

And the DemocRATS still won't pass a pension forfeiture bill, what's up with that?

They have consistently discovered — or invented — new reasons to delay a pension forfeiture bill from advancing.

The Senate and Assembly passed different versions of pension forfeiture bills in 2015, so the measure did not become law.

In March last year, the Senate passed a broader pension forfeiture bill that applied to all members of the state pension system, not just those who are elected.

«What the public is hungry for, post Shelly Silver, is ethics reform — specifically, the pension forfeiture bill that was agreed to last year and promptly reneged on by the Assembly,» said Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for the Democratic governor.

«I don't think... anyone in good faith could leave Albany until we get things done, like at least the pension forfeiture bill which we agreed to last year — which still hasn't been passed — the LLC loophole, which is just an obvious anomaly that could be passed easily, in my opinion, which would at least reflect the sense of the people that this has been a wholly unprecedented year in terms of investigations of legislators,» the governor said after speaking at a minimum wage rally outside the Capitol.

The lawmaker in the past has sponsored his own pension forfeiture bill and proposed legislation for campaign finance reform and term limits.

Stec, who has authored a pension forfeiture bill, said he would continue fighting for ethics reforms in Albany.

Stec, who has positioned himself as the state legislature's leading voice on stripping corrupted officials of their pensions, theorized something happened when three men went into a room on March 31, and hours later, the assembly opted against voting on their pension forfeiture bill.

The Senate has already passed a pension forfeiture bill but DeFrancisco said the Assembly wants to exclude teachers and other employees from the agreement.

My first priority was to work for the passage of a pension forfeiture bill.

Not exact matches

We also continue to seek an agreement on a pension forfeiture constitutional amendment that matches the bill we passed earlier this year.

But voters will understand neither the horse - trading nor the heady implications of the bill, and several Assembly members said they were simply happy and hoping to act on a pension forfeiture amendment — whichever one it was.

The LLC bills, introduced «a la carte» on May 24, have been a non-starter for the Republican - controlled state Senate, leaving only pension forfeiture.

The pension forfeiture portion of the bill would apply to all public employees who are sworn in subsequent to the bill's enactment — they would also be subject to the hefty financial penalty of up to twice the sum they unlawfully collected.

«Overall, I find it disappointing,» Cuomo said, adding later: «I don't think anyone in good faith could leave Albany until we get things done like the pension - forfeiture bill which we agreed to last year.»

Still, Mr. Cuomo did credit the Assembly with at least introducing a bill; the Senate, which Republicans lead, has offered only two ethics - related ideas, including pension forfeiture for convicted lawmakers, which the Assembly has also indicated it will address.