{"id":636549,"date":"2021-08-12T09:37:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=636549"},"modified":"2021-08-12T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:37:04","slug":"cuomo-still-eligible-for-50k-annual-pension-footed-by-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-still-eligible-for-50k-annual-pension-footed-by-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo Still Eligible For $50K Annual Pension Footed By Taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcuomo-still-eligible-for-50k-annual-pension-footed-by-taxpayers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=636549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Andrew-Cuomo-scaled-e1628774749537.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo may soon be out of a job, but his cash flow will still be just fine.<\/p>\n<p>The embattled Democrat resigned from office on Tuesday amid a growing sex scandal, but he\u2019ll still receive $50,000 a year for the rest of his life in the form of a pension paid for by state taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo, who was set to run for a fourth term in 2022, has logged 15 years of service in the government, 11 years as governor, and four years as attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Tim Hoefer, president and CEO of the Empire Center for Public Policy, told the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d said the Post. \u201cCurrently, a public official could have his or her pension reduced or revoked if convicted of a felony under the \u2018Public Integrity Reform Act\u2019 approved by Cuomo in 2011, his first year as governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But resignation doesn\u2019t revoke a pension under the act approved by Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>In the State Assembly, a bill has been introduced to mandate forfeiture of a pension under certain circumstances, but the legislation requires a constitutional amendment, which is unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Other critics blasted Cuomo over the pension.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Tracey Alvino said, whose father was infected with COVID-19 in a Long Island nursing home and later died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise New York should pass a law denying a pension to someone who resigns in disgrace for misconduct or is impeached,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo also cashed in on the COVID-19 virus and pocketing $5.12 million for his memoir on the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s \u201cAmerican Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,\u201d published in mid-October as the pandemic still raged on in the state, came out as reports of the governor mishandling the elderly in nursing homes during the height of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuomo\u2019s contract \u2014 which he got despite his administration being accused of sending COVID-positive patients back into nursing homes, potentially spreading the deadly virus among the vulnerable elderly there \u2014 paid him $3.12 million last year and he was left with a little more than $3 million after editing expenses, according to his tax returns,\u201d the New York Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/17\/gov-cuomo-got-5m-for-covid-book-despite-nursing-home-deaths\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s also set to receive another $2 million this year and next, the returns show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not all gravy for Cuomo.&nbsp;The governor \u2014 a darling of the mainstream media throughout the pandemic, which praised him for his handling of the crisis \u2014 remains under investigation for nursing home deaths that topped 14,000 and his administration\u2019s alleged efforts to cover them up.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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