Sentences with phrase «pension forfeiture reform»

Not exact matches

The pension forfeiture amendment had been a key reform for lawmakers and good - government groups after a spate of corruption arrests engulfed the Capitol.

In mid-March, Heastie and Cuomo announced a two - way agreement on ethics reform, which included a pension forfeiture plan for corrupt officials.

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

Many believe that the only hope for government ethics reform is agreement on pension forfeiture for elected officials convicted of public corruption.

Stec now hopes the former speaker's conviction will act as the catalyst for meaningful ethics reform, including pension forfeiture.

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.

The proposal addresses campaign finance reform, calls for additional resources to oversight agencies like the Attorney General's office, and calls to explore mandatory minimum sentencing for corruption convictions, in addition to pension forfeiture.

Heastie, who succeeded Silver last year after his indictment, said he wanted to move forward with ethics reform measures, saying there is a «will» to have a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture approved this year.

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.

The Senate has passed a few ethics reforms this year, including term limits for the Legislature's leaders and pension forfeitures for convicted officials.

Despite promises of change and reform with a new Speaker, the lack of results on pension forfeiture is simply more of the same.

«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.

And speaking of pension reforms, why won't the Democrats support a pension forfeiture law?

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

He voted for pension forfeiture and increasing penalties for law - breakers, but also wants to eliminate legislators» outside income, close the LLC loophole, reform campaign financing and provide district attorneys with more tools to prosecute corrupt politicians.

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

He identified a number of reforms that the Assembly would advance, including closing the LLC campaign finance loophole, limiting the influence of big money in politics, and allowing for the pension forfeiture of corrupt public officials.

Legislators from both chambers pitched ethics reforms — and a host of other policy proposals, from paid family leave to a more robust system for organ donation — that will lead to clashes, namely the limiting of outside income for lawmakers and pension forfeiture for those convicted of a crime related to their public office.

If passed, the measure would dramatically expand on a pension forfeiture provision of a 2011 ethics reform package that only applied to public officials not already in the state pension system at the time — that is to say, no sitting lawmakers.

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).

«The strongest piece of ethics reform was pension forfeiture: That's what the people wanted,» he said.