And contentious legislation dealing
with pension forfeiture and mayoral control advanced out of committees.
But we've made very clear we will not leave here in June without passing something
with pension forfeiture.»
«I'll reiterate, discussions are ongoing
with pension forfeiture,» Flanagan said.
Not exact matches
In addition to supporting the
pension forfeiture, 66 percent of those polled also support banning political contributions by companies that do business
with the level of government they contribute to, and 55 percent back banning elected officials from earning income outside of their government salary.
Neither
pension forfeiture nor cracking down on Super PACs has anything to do
with these matters, good - government advocates say, and while laudable, they shouldn't substitute for proposals that restrict the flow of campaign money or the omnipresent correlation between those who donate and benefit from favorable state actions.
«I had a conversation
with a number of colleagues where people were talking about the
pension forfeiture laws, and how they're just draconian.
And the DemocRATS still won't pass a
pension forfeiture bill, what's up
with that?
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.
With no ability to force
forfeiture of his big fat state
pension I would argue that a multi-million dollar fine should be imposed and that it can be paid off at a monthly rate just slightly above what he gets as a monthly
pension payment!
Despite promises of change and reform
with a new Speaker, the lack of results on
pension forfeiture is simply more of the same.
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.
«And finally, in pending and future cases, to the extent any public official has a
pension interest that accrued while engaging in criminal conduct, we will use federal
forfeiture law to claw back an appropriate dollar amount commensurate
with that
pension where appropriate.»
«As Assembly Minority Leader, I was encouraged to hear the governor put forward priorities that fall in line
with a number of Conference proposals, including:
pension forfeitures for convicted officials, a Constitutional Convention, greater resources for our State Police and focus on public safety, tax relief for small businesses, tax credits for teachers, and a substantial investment in education.»
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.
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).
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