“After waiting nearly a year for the Assembly Majority’s ethics reform proposals, the conference left much to be desired. Many of these reforms aren’t ethics related. There’s no term limits measure to prevent someone being Speaker for two decades and amassing the kind of power Sheldon Silver did. There is no proposal for taxpayer-financed pension forfeiture for politicians convicted of abuses of office. The Majority made no effort to invite our conference to be part of the discussions to open up our chamber. Instead of three-men-in-a-room, we had one man-in-a-room. This isn’t the kind of ethics reform the people want to see from their Legislature. We must do more to restore the public’s trust in government.”

The Minority Conference a video today, highlighting the fight to restore the public’s trust in the People’s House. DiPietro also sponsors legislation, A.4659, calling for pension forfeiture for convicted politicians.