S 1136: Requires the forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1136 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, HELMING, WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring the forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "STAR 2 Corruption Reduction Act for Politicians (SCRAP)". 3 § 2. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 74-b 4 to read as follows: 5 § 74-b. Felony convictions of public officers. Any state officer or 6 local officer, as defined in section two of this chapter, who is 7 convicted in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction of a 8 felony related to the performance of such officer's duties in public 9 office or to abuse of such officer's office, shall, in addition to any 10 other penalty, be subject to permanent forfeiture of eligibility for a 11 school tax relief (STAR) exemption as provided in section four hundred 12 twenty-five of the real property tax law. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to 14 convictions occurring on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03521-01-5