The scrutiny follows an NJ Advance Media investigation that found nearly 100 former state, county or local employees are receiving public pensions despite criminal convictions related to their jobs.
said Friday he is open to tightening New Jersey’s pension law, following an investigation by NJ Advance Media that found nearly 100 former government employees in the state are collecting pensions despite job-related criminal convictions.
Trenton last revisited the rules in 2019, when the Statehouse added several sex offenses to the mandatory forfeiture statute in the wake of the MeToo movement. Any change to the law would have to be approved by both houses of the Legislature — the Senate and Assembly — before Murphy could sign it. Critics charge that awarding pensions to employees with on-the-job convictions is a waste of money and sends a terrible message, especially considering New Jersey’s longtime struggles with corruption. But defenders counter that stripping those workers of their entire pension punishes them doubly — first in the justice system and then by depriving them of benefits they spent a career accumulating.
“From a personal standpoint, yes,” Cohen should have lost his pension, Bruno said. “From a legal standpoint, we did exactly what we had to do.” On Friday, Michael Cerra, the executive director of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, signaled support for reforms.
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