Sentences with phrase «stripping public officials convicted of corruption»
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.
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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.
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.»
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.
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.
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.»
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.
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.
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.
So we are guardedly optimistic about progress on legislation that would strip state pensions from public officials convicted of corruption.
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.
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.