New York lawmakers recently passed several measures to address Albany’s culture of corruption — but a provision intended to revoke the pensions of disgraced officials will need voter approval too.
Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo want to put a state Constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot that would allow judges to take away the pensions of public officials convicted of a corruption-related felony.
The Senate has already endorsed placing the referendum on the ballot, and the Assembly plans to do the same when lawmakers return from their spring break. To put the question on the ballot the Legislature will have to endorse the referendum again in 2017.
The proposal would allow a convicted official’s spouse or dependents to keep some of the pension.
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