“Regardless of which party it comes from, I cannot tolerate corruption in Albany. Dean Skelos is the second of the ‘three men in a room’ to violate the public trust and cast a dark shadow over the faithful public servants in Albany who are committed to representing their constituents with integrity and transparency.

“It is imperative moving forward that we combat the root causes of corruption and abuses of office and begin to mend the public’s trust, which has been fractured by cases such as these. Enacting term limits for legislative leaders and stripping corrupt lawmakers of their pensions, two related issues I have co-sponsored for years, are paramount to preventing future abuses of power. To accomplish this, we must get all of my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, to support these measures to prove that we are serious about cleaning up Albany. ”