Gothamist: Convicted Ex-School Official Still Gets State Pension

sonyactivision

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:37:28 -0500

At 4:00 am, they are the same thing. (hic*)

Ph

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:45:57 -0500

sonyactivision- I love how you put three neighborhoods and a borough, as if they're all the same thing. Interloper.

sonyactivision

Tue, 06 May 2008 12:20:32 -0500

Don't take away his pension, just get more value for the money: make that shitbag clean every toilet in the Bronx, Jamaica, Queens, Bushwick, and Astoria!

FrankMartin

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:41:14 -0500

So he only has to pay back what he stole. no interest. What did he gain from the 2.2 million, investments etc.? He shouldn't be allowed to profit from the theft.

captainblackout

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:03:47 -0500

Never thought I'd be backing a NYS Republican over the unions, but this law has got to go. The problem with unions is the same problem with everything else, people in positions of power, abusing that power to protect their own interests.

Outter Burrougher

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:55:39 -0500

chris, the article says that restitution has already been made and that the law says that his pension may not be diminished or taken away. What legal grounds would the state or town have for a lawsuit ("it ain't right" doesn't count)? Of course the fact that he's still getting this pension is deplorable, I'm not arguing that.

Papercutninja

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:55:39 -0500

to akachris: Apparently he was able to pay back the 2.2 million dollars. How a school official HAS $2.2 million, i don't know. Also, no NY Stat is not allowed to garnish his wages as per the State law that is quoted in the post. FrankMartin: I've been thinking that for YEARS. Unions are nothing more than organized crime and are especially irrelevant in this day and age.

akachris

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:22:37 -0500

Can't NY State or the Town of Rosalyn sue Tassone in civil court for the money? And wasn't restitution part of the penalty he received when he was convicted? Is NY State allowed to garnish his pension?

FrankMartin

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:19:04 -0500

And Unions wonder why they have become irrelevant to the working class people they were suppossed to protect. Disgusting.

jaja007

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:05:30 -0500

With a name like Tassone, you sould have known this greaseball would've stolen something. Owwww! Baddabing! Fugedaboudit!