From the Daily News:Just because they violated the public's trust doesn't mean they've stopped taking the public's money.
At least 10 ex-lawmakers who've been convicted of criminal charges are still receiving taxpayer-funded pensions worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, a Daily News review of state pension records found.
"The law says I've earned it. I am entitled to it. I take it," said disgraced former state Sen. Guy Velella, who receives a $75,012 annual pension from the state.
Velella, a Republican who represented parts of the Bronx and Westchester, pleaded guilty in 2004 to bribery charges and served six months at Rikers Island.
Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.
Hevesi receives $105,221 a year, while Norman gets $43,321.
Ex-Senate boss Joe Bruno, a former GOP kingmaker who is appealing his conviction of honest services fraud, pockets $96,085.
Dick Dadey, executive director of the good government group Citizens Union, said the payouts underscore the need to reform New York's pension system.
4 comments:
when a public servant steals ,they should forfeit the government pension.i know this is foolish talk because they set the laws for themselves. but i can wish it were true,can't i ?
the n.y.state taxpayers are being screwed by many of these so-called servants of the people.
How the fvck did his kid get elected to the Assembly?
is not democratic dictatorship grand ?
he also voted for "forced busing "of n.queens pupils to A.jackson h.s.,in cambria hgts.in 1975. the three nominated regents memebers were forced busing advocates.
he enabled the n.a.a.c.p. to waste billions of dollars on a failed social engineering experiment in the U.S. and n.y.s.
others include democrats, s.weprin,l.staviskey,v.nicolos i and "chuckie schumer".
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