By Dick Moss
When New York voters go to the polls on
Nov. 7, there will be two other ballot questions in addition to the
constitutional convention question, which you will see as Proposal No. 1
on the back of your ballot.
The two
other questions involve public pensions and forest preserves and
perhaps contributed to some of the confusion about the convention
question. Both of these apply to very narrow circumstances, however, so
shouldn't present as much of a quandary about how to vote.
Proposal
two is on whether or not to alter the public pension guarantee —
specifically for public officers who are convicted of a felony that is
directly related to their public duties. The proposed change to Article 5
of the state Constitution invests the courts with the decision on
whether to reduce or eliminate the former public officer's state
pension.
You may remember that a few years ago
there was a public outcry about convicted lawmakers still getting
pensions. This is an effort to rectify that particular loophole in the
law.
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Source: The Democrat and Chronicle (via The Empire Report)
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