Contact: Timothy Lantz

518-455-5981

May 25, 2016

DOWNSTATE DEMS REFUSE TO VOTE ON PENSION

FORFEITURE
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) blasts Assembly leadership for refusing to move on
pension forfeiture

**Click Here for an .mp4 video file of Brabenec speaking on ethics reform in Albany
Despite 97 percent of New Yorkers telling lawmakers to pass ethics reforms this year,
New York City Democrats refuse to move on a measure that would strip corrupt politicians of
their state pensions and retirement benefits. It is beyond unconscionable that Assembly
leadership continues to sweep ethics reform under the rug and strong-arm members of their
conference into voting against things like term limits and pension forfeiture; two highly popular
measures among New Yorkers. Every day that goes by is another day that apathy and resentment
grow in the public. I will continue the fight to see that dirty lawmakers dont leave with golden
parachutes.
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