Bramson job scheme worth $2.75 million
WHITE PLAINS, NY (June 27, 2022) — A Westchester County Grand Jury has subpoenaed the New Rochelle Board of Ethics as a witness in an ongoing confidential investigation into public corruption charges against New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson relating to his nearly year-long effort to use his elected office to pressure City Manager Charles B. Strome to appoint him to a $210,000 a year job as Development Commissioner for which he was not qualified.
The Development Commissioner position would not only have meant a $100,000 increase in salary (the Mayor is currently paid $110,000) but Bramson sought an unprecedented five-year agreement, upping his total salary windfall to $500,000, and as a participant in the New York State pension system, depending on his Pension Tier, he would receive up to 75% of his salary in his highest paid three years.
Bramson could retire with a maxed out pension at 57. If he lived to be 87, retiring as Development Commissioner would add an additional $2,250,000 in income on top of the extra $500,000 in salary for a total of $2.75 million above and beyond his salary and pension as Mayor.
Bramson had nothing to say when I asked him about the Grand Jury investigation.
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