{"id":322534,"date":"2021-08-12T01:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T22:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disgraced-cuomo-eligible-for-50000-state-pension\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T01:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T22:04:24","slug":"disgraced-cuomo-eligible-for-50000-state-pension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disgraced-cuomo-eligible-for-50000-state-pension\/","title":{"rendered":"#Disgraced Cuomo eligible for $50,000 state pension"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Disgraced Cuomo eligible for $50,000 state pension<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s fall from grace will come with a nice golden parachute in the form of a $50,000-per-year lifetime pension that he will remain eligible for despite his resignation \u2014 provoking outrage from the disgraced executive\u2019s critics.<\/p>\n

The windfall for Cuomo, who announced his resignation on Tuesday in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal, is coming because he has accumulated 15 years of state service thanks to his 11 years as governor and four years as attorney general<\/a>, a pension expert said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you\u2019re wondering, without a felony conviction and several other steps, Cuomo would be eligible for his full pension, at taxpayer expense, for the rest of his life,\u201d said Tim Hoefer, president and CEO of the Empire Center for Public Policy.<\/p>\n

The Empire Center crunched the numbers based on Cuomo\u2019s annual pay and years of service and estimated he would be eligible for $4,222 a month in retirement income or $50,662 a year for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

Currently, a public official could have his or her pension reduced or revoked if convicted of a felony under the \u201cPublic Integrity Reform Act\u201d app<\/a>roved by Cuomo in 2011, his first year as governor.<\/p>\n

But resignation for wrongdoing or impeachment does not trigger a claw-back of a public official\u2019s pension.<\/p>\n

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is eligible for an annual $50,000 pension thanks to his 15 accumulated years of state service.
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Legislation has been introduced to impose pension forfeiture for a public official and apply it retroactively. But the measure requires passage of a constitutional amendment and its passage is doubtful.<\/p>\n

The Cuomo pension stuck in the craw of the governor\u2019s critics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only reason I would support Cuomo getting a pension is if he donated it to the harassment victims or the nursing home families whose loved ones died from COVID because of his policies,\u201d said Tracey Alvino said, whose dad, Daniel, was infected with COVID-19 in a Long Island nursing home and later died.<\/p>\n

Alvino, who previously called Cuomo\u2019s controversial $5.1 million COVID book deal \u201cblood money \u201d added, \u201cOtherwise New York should pass a law denying a pension to someone who resigns in disgrace for misconduct or is impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erica Vladimer of the Sexual Harassment Working Group said, \u201cWe need to re-evaluate laws that don\u2019t hold elected officials accountable when they abuse their power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would support a law denying a pension to a public official who is impeached. I still think Cuomo absolutely should be impeached. Resigning is not accountability.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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