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September 3rd, 2010

• New York's Pension Fund Faces a $30 Billion to $80 Billion Shortfall, Says Candidate for State Comptroller (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
• READ THE REPORT: 'Public Pensions: Averting New York’s Looming Tax Catastrophe'
• New York Lowers Pension Fund's Assumed Investment Rate of Return (press release)
• This Is Just the Beginning of a Steady Climb in Pension Bills for New York (E.J. McMahon / NY Fiscal Watch)

September 2nd, 2010

• Convicted New York Politicians Get Fat Pensions (Glenn Blain / Daily News)

August 26th, 2010

• New York County and Municipal Payrolls for 2009-10 Now Posted Online (Empire Center / Manhattan Institute)

August 18th, 2010

• 'Disabled' New #2 at New York Port Authority Can Collect Two Pensions Now, And Maybe a Third Later (Philip Messing / New York Post)

August 8th, 2010

• Rep. Issa: Rangel Should Lose Pension If He Is Found Guilty of Ethics Violation (Molly K. Hooper / The Hill)

August 6th, 2010

• New York City Councilman Would Love Three Terms for Pension (blog - Jen Chung / Gothamist)

July 21st, 2010

• New York Parole Board-Nominee Richard Clarke Collecting 2 Paychecks (Jonathan Bandler / Journal News)

July 20th, 2010

• One Out of Five Tax Dollars Collected in New York City Go to Pensions (Henry Goldman and Martin Z. Braun / Bloomberg)

July 19th, 2010

• Panel to Predict Yield for New York's State Pension Investments (Michael Amon / Newsday)

July 16th, 2010

• Time Travel for New York's Pension Costs: How It's Done (blog - Larry Littlefield / Room Eight)

July 15th, 2010

• New York City Scrambles to Cut $7.6 Billion Public Pension Bloat (David Seifman / New York Post)

July 14th, 2010

• All-Too-Golden Years: Gov. Paterson Must Veto Insane Boosts in New York's Already Rich Pensions (editorial - New York Daily News)

July 13th, 2010

• So What Do New York's Public Employee Pensions Cost, Anyway? (blog - Larry Littlefield / Room Eight)

July 12th, 2010

• New York City Taxpayers Foot 90% of Municipal Pensions (Susan Edelman / New York Post)
• 'We Just Can't Afford These Types of Pensions' Says New York Gubernatorial Candidate Cuomo (Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal)
• Big Dippers: New York City Union Chiefs Pull 2 Salaries (Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post)
• Why New York City (and NYC Taxpayers) Are Broke (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)

July 8th, 2010

• New York's Disability Pension Scam (editorial - New York Post)
• New York Governor Says Pension Spiking Is 'Fraud ' -- The Non-Illegal Kind (column - Eliot Brown / New York Observer)
• New York Public Employees Spike Pensions With Excess Overtime (Joan Gralla / Reuters)
• New York State Has Highest Pension Costs in the Country Due to Padding, Attorney General Says (with video - Ti-Hua Chang / Fox News)

July 7th, 2010

• New York City Firefighter and Marathoner Received $86,000 Disability Pension for Asthma (NBC)

July 6th, 2010

• Failure of Proposed State Soda Tax in New York Reflects Power of an Antitax Message (Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times)

July 1st, 2010

• Dozens of Bills to 'Sweeten' Public Pensions Moving Through New York Legislature (Nicholas Confessore / New York Times)
• What the New York State Legislature Actually Does (blog - Larry Littlefield / Room Eight)

June 21st, 2010

• Suspended New York Port Authority Cops Still Scoring Overtime Pay (Campanile /new York Post)

June 19th, 2010

• New York State Officials Deny Pension Cannibalism (blog - Frank Keegan / Watchdog.org)

June 18th, 2010

• Pensions of New York's 342,543 State and Local Retirees Posted Online (press release - Empire Center)

June 14th, 2010

• New York State's Pension Payment Shell Game (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
• New York Must Reform Pensions, Raise Retirement Age (editorial - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

June 13th, 2010

• $6 Billion New York Plan Makes Pension Fund Both Borrower and Lender (Danny Hakim / New York Times)

June 8th, 2010

• New York City Budget Head Raises Eyebrows Over $190,000 Average Cost for Uniformed Workers (Frank Lombardi / Daily News)

June 7th, 2010

• Public Employee Unions Face Growing Firestorm (Daniel Massey / Crain's New York Business)
• New York Struggling for Solvency (editorial - Buffalo News)
• Former Auto Task Force Czar Rattner Accused of Kickback Scheme With New York’s State Pension Funds (Greg Gardner / Detroit Free Press)
• $100,000 Jobs Soaring at New York's Piggy Port Authority (James Fanelli / New York Post)

June 2nd, 2010

• New York Senate Passes 55/25 Early Retirement Incentive Bill (Rick Karlin / Times Union)

May 27th, 2010

• New York Is Almost Out of Cash (Betsy McCaughey / Wall Street Journal)

May 24th, 2010

• Public Employee Pension Costs Are Draining Yonkers, New York (editorial - Journal News)

May 21st, 2010

• Padded Pensions Add to New York's Fiscal Woes (Mary Williams Walsh and Amy Schoenfeld / New York Times)
• New York Times Puts $100,000 Pension Club Database Online (David Nolen, Kevin Quealy, Amy Schoenfeld and Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)

May 14th, 2010

• Speaking of Education: New York's $100,000 Pension Report (column - Celeste Katz / NY Daily News)

May 12th, 2010

• 1,000 Retired New York Educators Collect Pensions of More Than $100,000 (database - Empire Center)

April 28th, 2010

• New York Teachers Receive Early Retirement Pension Incentive (Times Union)

April 21st, 2010

• New York Can't Sustain Its Retirement Systems (Douglas Turner / Buffalo News)
• New York's Public Pension System 'Is Unsustainable' Says Suffolk County Exec (Rick Brand / Newsday)

April 19th, 2010

• Nearly 9 of 10 FDNY Retirees Now Quality for 3/4 Disability Pensions (Chuck Bennett / New York Post)
• Public Pension Costs Pushing Taxes Up in Long Island, New York (John Hildebrand / Newsday)

April 16th, 2010

• 'Remember, Politics Trumps Everything Else With Public Pension Funds' (blog - Jennifer Rossa / Wall Street Journal)

April 13th, 2010

• Pension Profanity in New York City (editorial - New York Post)

April 12th, 2010

• New York City Pension Fund Officials Rack Up $400,000 in Travel Costs as Retirees, Taxpayers Foot Bill (Erin Einhorn & Benjamin Lesser / Daily News)
• FDNY Doctor Who Never Fought Fires Gets $95,000 Firefighter 'Disability' Pension (Reuven Blau / New York Post)

April 2nd, 2010

• New York Attorney General Expands Pension Padding Investigation (Nick Rees / Legal Newsline)

March 30th, 2010

• New York Fire Department's No. 2 to Pull in $242,000 a Year Pension (Philip Messing / New York Post)
• New York City's Mayor Says 'Stop These Runaway Pensions' (Philip Messing and Tom Topousis)
• Why New York City Is Broke (editorial - New York Post)

March 28th, 2010

• New York City's $105 Billion Public Pension Time Bomb (column - Susan Edleman / New York Post)
• CHART: New York City's Five Pension Plans Are Underfunded by $105 Billion (New York Post)

March 25th, 2010

• Massive Job Cuts Projected for New York City If Legislature Slices Aid (with video - Marcia Kramer / WCBS-TV)

March 22nd, 2010

• New York's Public Workers Must Sacrifice (editorial - Democrat and Chronicle)

March 19th, 2010

• New York's Governor to Probe Pension Spiking (Gina Chon / Wall Street Journal)

March 12th, 2010

• Exec of Suffolk County, New York Says 'No' to Hiring a Billion-Dollar's Worth of Cops (op-ed - Steve Levy / New York Post)

March 4th, 2010

• New York Has a Government It Can't Afford (editorial - Albany Times Union)

February 21st, 2010

• New York City's New Comptroller Shouldn't Lift Ban on Pension Fund Placement Agents (editorial - New York Times)

February 5th, 2010

• New York's Teacher Pension Fund Lost $9 Billion Last Year While Costs Rose (blog - Kim Gittleson / Gotham Schools)

February 1st, 2010

• New York School Districts Face Higher Pension Payments ( Jenny Lee-Adrian / Poughkeepsie Journal)

January 7th, 2010

• Governor Says: 'New York Runs Like a Payday Loan Operation' (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysiis)

December 28th, 2009

• New Teachers in New York Scramble to Get Into Better Pension Plan Before Year's End (Michael Gormley / Fresno Bee)

December 24th, 2009

• The Temptations of New Yorks' $126 Billion Pension Fund (editorial - New York Times)
• Future New York Teachers Avoid State's New Pension Plan (Associated Press / WCAX)

December 22nd, 2009

• New York Goes Broke, Pension by Pension (column - Susan Edelman / New York Post)

December 15th, 2009

• New York City Union Urges Educators to Exploit Loophole to Reap Pension Benefits (Brendan Scott / New York Post)

December 11th, 2009

• New York Governor Signs Tier V Pension Reform Bill (Reid Epstein / Newsday)
• Pension Reform in New York Could Save Taxpayers Billions of Dollars (with video - WBNG)
• New York's Local Leaders Call Pension Reforms Just a First Step in the Right Direction (video - WBNG)

December 7th, 2009

• New York Takes Small But Important Step in Pension Reform (editorial - New York Times)

December 3rd, 2009

• New York Raises Pension Requirements to Save $48 Billion (Michael Quint / Bloomberg)
• New York Legislature Passes Bill on Pensions, But Critics See Only Half Steps (Danny Hakim / New York Times)
• New York Passes Pension Reform Legislation Creating a New Tier V (press release)
• New York Pension Reform Bill Not All It's Cracked Up to Be (blog - E.J. McMahon / NY Fiscal Watch)
• PENSION PULSE: New York Takes a Bite Out of Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)

November 20th, 2009

• New York Governor Extends Retirement Buyout Deadline (Rick Karlin / Times Union)

November 15th, 2009

• 'New York Must Declare a Financial Emergency' Over Growing Budget Gap, Says Manhattan Institute (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Global Economic Trend A

November 2nd, 2009

• Pittsburgh's Mayor Will Face a Troubled Pension System if He Wins Re-Election (Ian Urbina / New York Times)

October 29th, 2009

• Can Bloomberg's 'Luxury' City of New York Survive the Public Employee Unions? (op-ed - Fred Siegel and Harry Siegel / Wall Street Journal)
• After Revoking Lawyer Pension Benefits, New York Comptroller Has to Pay Them Back (Joseph Spector / Ithaca Journal)

October 28th, 2009

• 160 Retired Public Employees in New York's Lower Hudson Valley Receive Pensions Over $100,000 (Jonathan Bandler / Journal News)
• Search the Online Database of New York's State and Local Public Employee Pensions (Journal News)

October 27th, 2009

• Memo to Eliot Spitzer: Pension Funds Are Not Your Money (analysis - Ivan Osorio and Vincent Verniccio / Investor's Business Daily)

October 26th, 2009

• Threat of a New Tier 5 Causes Surge in Public Employee Pension Sign-Ups in New York State (Rick Karlin / Albany Times Union)
• New York State Delays $959 Million Payment to Public Employees' Pension Fund (Michael Quint / Bloomberg)

October 23rd, 2009

• New York's Attorney General Unveils Plan to Overhaul State's Pension System (Sandra Peddie / Newsday)

October 8th, 2009

• Hornell, New York's Public Pension Costs Soaring

September 29th, 2009

• Nassau County, New York Grand Jury Issues Blistering Report Detailing Public Pension Abuses

September 28th, 2009

• Rye, New York's City Manager Earns $198k While Collecting Pension for Same Job
• Time to Retire Pension Politics in New York (editorial - Albany Times Union)

September 24th, 2009

• New York State Restricts Campaign Contributors From Doing Business With Its Pension Fund

September 23rd, 2009

• Public-Sector Pay Tops Private Sector in Upstate New York by Nearly 30%

September 21st, 2009

• New York's Public Sector Must Face Fiscal Reality (op-ed - Brian Sampson)

September 20th, 2009

• New York's Public Jobs Pay Better Than Private Sector (op-ed - Brian Sampson and Sandy Parker)

September 18th, 2009

• New York's Public Employee Pay Outpaces Private Companies, Says Report
• Coalition of New York Businesses and Organizations Calls for Restraint on Public Employees' Pay
• New York Website Posts Statewide County and Municipal Payrolls in a Searchable Database (press release)

September 17th, 2009

• Most Cops in Long Island, New York Earn More Than $100,000 Annually
• Long Island's Highest-Paid Cop Made $246,374 Going After Drunken Drivers

September 15th, 2009

• New York State Lauds Employee Buyouts; Unions Want More

September 8th, 2009

• New York's Public Employee Pension Funding Woes Worsen for Local Governments

September 5th, 2009

• New York's Governor and Comptroller Need to Get Tough on Public Pension Funds (editorial - Newsday)
• New York's Government Pensions: MEGO (blog - John Faso)

September 4th, 2009

• Pension Bomb Boomlet in New York State (blog - E.J. McMahon)

September 1st, 2009

• Pension Contribution Rates for New York's Local Governments Could More Than Quadruple by 2015
• NEWS VIDEO: Pension Contribution Rates for New York's Local Governments Could More Than Quadruple by 2015
• New York's Local Government Pension Costs Will Jump More Than 50% in 2011
• New York City's Comptroller Socks Taxpayers With Hidden Fees

August 30th, 2009

• The Overtime Gravy Train! Handful of New York State Workers Are Cashing In

August 29th, 2009

• New York State's Local Governments Brace for a 50% Jump in Pension Costs in 2011

August 19th, 2009

• Some New York Lawmakers 'Double Dip' and Take Pensions on Top of Pay

August 9th, 2009

• Reforming New York's State Pensions (editorial - Buffalo News)

August 8th, 2009

• Pension Contributions for New York's Local Governments Are 'Going to Go Up Significantly' Says State Comptroller

August 2nd, 2009

• Did Leveraging Connections to Sell Access to New York's Pension Funds Make Political Consultant a Felon?

July 26th, 2009

• New York City's 'Loser' Public Pension Funds Go Gambling

July 24th, 2009

• New York Local Governments' Public Employee Pension Costs May Triple (column - Girard Miller)
• Governments Have to Get Real About Public Employee Retirement Benefit Cost (editorial - Newsday)

July 20th, 2009

• New York City's Teachers Will Continue Getting 8.25% Interest on Their 403(b) Retirement Plans

July 18th, 2009

• A Way Out of New York's Pension Peril (op-ed - EJ McMahon)

July 13th, 2009

• New York's Local Governments Face Prospect of Tripled Public Employee Pension Costs
• New York State Comptroller's Report Calls for Public Pension Reforms (editorial - Watertown Daily Times)

July 12th, 2009

• New York State Senate Kills Bad Pension Bill for Selfish Reasons (editorial - Daily News)

July 10th, 2009

• Defuse New York's Public Pension Bomb (op-ed - E.J. McMahon)

July 9th, 2009

• New York's Public Pension Peril: It's Worse Than They Say (op-ed - E.J. McMahon)

July 8th, 2009

• Pension Costs for New York's Local Governments May Triple by 2015, Analysis Says

July 6th, 2009

• Audit Uncovers 39 New York City Retirees Double-Dipping With New Public Jobs

June 24th, 2009

• New York City, Teachers Union Agree to Modify Future Pension Plans

June 23rd, 2009

• New York City's Mayor Warns on Pension Costs but Gave Big Pay Deals

June 22nd, 2009

• New York City's Fire and Police Pensions and Benefits Are Way Too Rich (op-ed - Daily News)

June 8th, 2009

• 'Jumbo Pensions' Over $100,000 Spark State Funding Debate in New York
• New York Governor Says Unions Have Accepted Pension Changes

June 4th, 2009

• New York Governor's Veto of Pension Bill Shocks State's Public Employee Unions

June 1st, 2009

• New York's Pension Fund Lost $44 Billion in Last Fiscal Year
• Nearly 700 Retired Public Educators in New York Are Receiving Annual Pensions of $100,000 or More
• Obscene Public Employee Pensions: It's Not Just California (blog - Lou Minatti)

May 31st, 2009

• New York Double-Dippers Collect Pensions While on the Job
• 27,180 Public Employee Pensions for New York's Erie and Niagara Counties Online

May 18th, 2009

• New York City Is Facing Pension Payout Doom
• NEWS VIDEO: New York City's Pension Losses May Reach $43 Billion

May 3rd, 2009

• Florida Targets Double Dippers, New York State Should Do So Too (editorial - North Country Gazette)

April 22nd, 2009

• New York's $122 Billion Public Pension Fund Quagmire (editorial - New York Times)

April 21st, 2009

• Push Must Begin Now for Major State Reforms in New York, Including Public Pensions (column - Douglas Turner)

April 20th, 2009

• New York Pension-Deals Scrutiny Spreads

April 16th, 2009

• New York's Attorney General Expands Public Pension Fund 'Piggy Bank' Net

April 15th, 2009

• State Pension Reform Is #1 Issue Facing New York (press release)

April 14th, 2009

• New York Pension Deals Seen as Focus of Wide Inquiry by SEC and State Prosecutors

April 3rd, 2009

• New York City Going the Way of GM Thanks to Public Employee Pensions, Says Deputy Mayor

March 29th, 2009

• New York City Fire Department Caps Overtime to Help Control Pension Costs

March 22nd, 2009

• Final-Year Rule Boosts Pensions of New York's Police and Firefighters
• ONLINE DATABASE: Taxpayer Pension Contributions for New York's Communities

March 21st, 2009

• Two Indicted in New York Public Pension Pay-To-Play Scheme
• PENSION RISK MATTERS: You Can't Regulate Honor (blog - Susan Mangiero)

March 16th, 2009

• Can New York's Local Governments Pay for Public Employee Pensions and Health Benefits?

March 15th, 2009

• New York Local Government Pension Bills to Soar, Says State Comptroller
• After Promises of Openness, New York Comptroller's Pension Fund Moves Draw Scrutiny

March 11th, 2009

• New York's Bad Pension Idea of the Month (blog - E.J. McMahon)

March 9th, 2009

• New York Mafia Cops Will Still Collect Pensions (blog - Billy Parker)

March 7th, 2009

• New York State's Shrinking Public Employee Pension Fund Making Riskier Bets

March 6th, 2009

• New York City's Mayor Takes a Refreshing and Realistic Look at Retirement Math (column - Girard Miller)

March 3rd, 2009

• New York's Public Employee Pension Fund Losses Continue, Says State Comptroller

March 1st, 2009

• PENSION RISK MATTERS: New York Pension Plans Create a Stir (blog - Susan Mangiero)

February 28th, 2009

• New York City's Retired Librarians Are Getting Some of the State's Biggest Pensions

February 25th, 2009

• New York City's Mayor Wants Cops to Work Longer, Retire Later to Cut Pension Costs
• Newsday Receives a Top Newspaper Industry Award for Coverage of Public Pension Abuse in New York

February 24th, 2009

• New York City's Pension System Is Collapsing Paying 10,000 Retired Cops -- All Under the Age of 50

February 23rd, 2009

• New York Times Calls (Mildly) for Public Employee Pension Reform (editorial)
• Waivers for 'Double-Dippers' Lets New York Public Sector Pensioners Prosper
• Waivers for Public Pension Double-Dippers Come Under Scrutiny in New York

February 17th, 2009

• New York's Public Employee Pensions Sock Taxpayers as Costs Jump 100%
• Inside New York City's Pension Bloat (editorial - New York Post)
• New York City Teachers Want to Keep Taxpayer-Guaranteed Return of 8.25% on Their 403(b)s (newsblog)

February 9th, 2009

• TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT: Taxes, Pensions and Generational Equity in 2008 (blog - Larry Littlefield)
• 72% of New York City Firefighters Who Retired Since 2004 Are Collecting Disability Pensions

February 6th, 2009

• New York City's Proposed Budget Under-Funds Its Costly Pension Benefits (blog - Larry Littlefield)
• New York State Employee Says He Gets $93,803 for No Work

February 4th, 2009

• New York Pension Fund Contribution Rates May Have to Be Increased, Says State Comptroller

February 2nd, 2009

• New York State Can't Afford Its Overly Generous Public Employee Pensions

February 1st, 2009

• New York's Leaders and Public Employee Unions Must Reexamine Generous Benefit Packages (editorial - Times Union)
• New York Teacher Is Still Doing the Math, But for $100K a Year

January 31st, 2009

• Public Employee Pension, Health Costs Will 'Bankrupt Big Municipalities' Without Reform, Says New York City's Mayor
• New York City's Union Officials Say Changing the Current Pension System Is Non-Negotiable (with video)
• Video of Newyork City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Budget Address (Windows Media Player)
• Schenectady, New York Police Officer's Pay of $168,000 Is Tops in City History

January 30th, 2009

• Binghampton, New York Targets Exploding Pension Costs to Help Control Budget
• New York's State Pension Fund Is Down 19%, But It Could Be Worse (newsblog)

January 25th, 2009

• Public Employee Pensions Are Weighing on New York's Taxpayers

January 16th, 2009

• New York City's Mayor Needs to Fight for Public Employee Benefit Cuts (column)

January 15th, 2009

• Democratic Candidate for Mayor of New York City Says 'Time to Rein in Runaway Pension Costs'
• Pension Costs: The Third Rail of New York Politics? (blog)

January 11th, 2009

• Why Public Employee Pension Reform Is Fair and Vital to New York (op-ed)

January 10th, 2009

• New York's Pension Administrative Costs Soar Despite Huge Fund Losses

January 9th, 2009

• New York City's Public Employee Pay and Benefits Are Outpacing the Private Sector, Report Says

January 8th, 2009

• On Proposal to Reduce Pension Benefits for New Employees, New York's Governor Takes Tactic From the Past

December 30th, 2008

• New York's Public Pension Scandal Investigations Mushrooming

December 29th, 2008

• Health Care Premiums Soar in New York for Federal Workers, Small Businesses

December 28th, 2008

• New York City Taxpayers Facing Public Pension Nightmare, Experts Warn
• Pay Info for 19 New York Public Authorities Now Available Online

December 22nd, 2008

• On Proposal to Reduce Pension Benefits, New York's Governor Takes Tactic From the Past

December 20th, 2008

• New York Plans Sweeping Reforms of Public Employee Pensions

December 19th, 2008

• New York Eyes Doctors Listed as Public Employees, Enabling Them to Obtain Pension and Health Benefits

December 18th, 2008

• New York Police Union Criticizes Effort to Reduce a Pension Benefit
• New Pension Tier for the New York City Police: Fight Is on (newsblog)

December 17th, 2008

• New York Governor Moves to Reduce Pension Benefits for New Hires
• New York City's Mayor Looks to Save Money With New Pension Tier

December 16th, 2008

• The Disability Pension Board That Couldn't Say No

December 10th, 2008

• Cuts in Workers' Costs, Health Benefits Are Key to New York's Local Governments Remaining Solvent

December 3rd, 2008

• Early Retirement Incentive a Possibility for New York's State Employees

December 1st, 2008

• New York Taxpayers Can't Continue to Shoulder Burden of Generous Pensions (editorial - Observer-Dispatch)

November 29th, 2008

• Long Island Rail Road Pension System: A Runaway Train? (with news video)

November 21st, 2008

• New York's Governor Must Put Onus on Labor Unions for Budget Cuts (editorial - Daily News)

November 19th, 2008

• Former Powerful New York Legislator Convicted of Pension Fraud

November 18th, 2008

• Former Pension Fund Manager Arrested and Charged in Long Island Rail Road Disability Probe

November 12th, 2008

• New York's Public Employee Unions Refuse to Reopen Contracts Despite State's Fiscal Crisis
• New York's Private Sector Bleeds While the Public Sector Feeds (editorial - New York Post)
• New York's Public Employee Unions Should Renegotiate Contracts (editorial - Journal News)
• Michael Bloomberg on Pension Reform in New York: Not Necessarily a New Tier, but Something
• Kingston, New York May Cut Retirees' Gold-Plated Health Insurance Benefits

November 3rd, 2008

• New York Taxpayers Pay for Some Public Employees to Do Union Work

October 29th, 2008

• New York State Pension Fund Down 20% Since April
• Pension Blues in New York, Too (blog)

October 28th, 2008

• New York City Pension Fund Eyes Hedge Funds

October 27th, 2008

• Doctors Eased Path for Long Island Rail Road Disability Pension Claims
• New York Governor to Hold Hearing on Lirr Pension Abuse Today
• Loophole in New York Law Lets Lawyer Qualify for State Pension

October 24th, 2008

• New York Taxpayers' Contributions to Public Pensions Has Grown Tenfold in 8 Years (blog)

October 22nd, 2008

• New York City May Invest Pension Funds in Infrastructure Projects

October 20th, 2008

• 2nd Medical Exam Advised for Long Island Rail Road Workers Requesting Disability Pensions

October 15th, 2008

• New York School Pension Fraud Bill Is Signed by Governor

October 13th, 2008

• Pension Contributions for New York State's New Hires Must Be Reinstated (editorial - Daily News)

October 9th, 2008

• Revisit New York's 'Stunningly Large' Public Employee Pension Benefits (editorial - Buffalo News)
• New York Strips Four More Private Attorneys of Public Pensions

October 8th, 2008

• New York City's Unions Warn of a Fight if Mayor Tries to Trim Pensions
• New York's Double-Dipper Pension Bill Goes to Governor for Signature

October 7th, 2008

• New York State Needs to Revisit High-Ticket Public Employee Pensions (editorial - Buffalo News)

October 3rd, 2008

• Attorney Sues New York State and Nassau County to Get Six-Figure Public Pension Restored

September 29th, 2008

• Overtime Spiking Pays Big Pension Dividends When Some Western New York Police Officers Retire
• New York State's Police Chiefs Share Inflated Pensions With Rank-And-File Officers

September 27th, 2008

• Long Island Rail Road Disability Pension Epidemic Calls for Independent Oversight (letter)

September 26th, 2008

• New York's State Comptroller Targets Public Pension Cheats

September 25th, 2008

• New York's MTA Chief Calls for Reform of Federal Railroad Workers' Pension System

September 22nd, 2008

• New York Governor Authorizes Investigation of Disability Pension Abuse at Long Island Rail Road

September 21st, 2008

• All US Taxpayers Will Pay for Rampant Disability Pension Fraud Among Long Island Rail Road Retirees

September 19th, 2008

• Great Neck, New York Water Official Decides Not to Double-Dip Pension and Salary

September 17th, 2008

• Pension System Is Also in Turnmoil (column)
• New York City and State Brace for Greater Demands on Diminishing Resources

September 16th, 2008

• Lawyer in the Middle of New York's Pension Scandal Rehired by School Districts

September 7th, 2008

• Open New York's Pension Fund Options (op-Ed)

September 6th, 2008

• New York Governor Vetoes Bill Forbidding Cities From Making Retiree Health Care Spending Cuts

September 5th, 2008

• New York to Lower Employer Contribution to Public Pension Funds
• Public Salaries and Benefits Are What's Really Hurting New Yorkers' Wallets (column)
• Another Attorney Removed From Pension System in Nassau County, New York

September 3rd, 2008

• How Local New York Lawmakers Are Ignoring Constituents' Pleas on High Taxes (op-ed)

August 27th, 2008

• Lawyer at Center of New York Pension Probe Must Pay Back $83,624
• New York's Comptroller Says Attorney's Pension Was Improper; $600,000 Must Be Repaid

August 26th, 2008

• Double-Dipping Could Be Eased by School District Consolidations (editorial - Buffalo News)

August 25th, 2008

• Nassau County, New York Tightens Requirements for Lifetime Health Benefits; Current Liability Is $3.4 Billion

August 21st, 2008

• New York Revokes Pension of Prominent Garden City Lawyer

August 13th, 2008

• Loophole Allows New York Educators to Collect Both Salaries and Pensions

August 10th, 2008

• Educators Hit Pay Dirt With Pensions in New York State

August 7th, 2008

• New York's Pension Gamble With Nontraditional Investments (editorial - Times Union)

August 6th, 2008

• Westchester County, New York Cannot Reduce Retiree Health Benefits, Says Judge

August 5th, 2008

• New York's State of Strain: Dire Warnings From Comptroller
• New York State's Pension Fund Earns 2.5%
• New York State's Comptroller Has an Idea for Increasing Pension Fund's Growth
• Broome County, New York Health Benefits Task Force to Discuss $340 Million Unfunded Opeb Liability

August 1st, 2008

• Tone Deaf on Pensions in New York (editorial - Newsday)

July 31st, 2008

• New York State Deficit Could Benefit From Taxing Public Employee Pensions (letter)

July 30th, 2008

• Pensions and Benefits Are Factors in New York City, State Budget Crises

July 28th, 2008

• Now It's Long Island, New York's Fire Districts That Are Giving Private Lawyers Public Paychecks and Pensions

July 24th, 2008

• New York Health Care Task Force Bill Lacks Fairness to Taxpayers (letter)

July 23rd, 2008

• New York Bill Gives Public Employees Paid Half Day for Prostate, Breast Cancer Screenings

July 22nd, 2008

• New York City's Pension Funds Call on Other Funds to Invest in Affordable Housing

July 21st, 2008

• Switch in New York Attorney General's Pension Probe Stirs Debate

July 17th, 2008

• For New York State Senator, Pension Is Better Than Salary
• Rye, New York Votes to Eliminate Part-Time Employee Health Benefits

July 10th, 2008

• New York Watchdog Group Urges Governor to Veto Public Employee 'Pension Sweetener' Bills

July 9th, 2008

• Nassau County, New York to Increase Employee Benefits Vesting Time to 10 Years

July 8th, 2008

• 87 Retirees Accused of Stealing $1 Million From New York City's Pension System by Double Dipping

July 2nd, 2008

• Con Ed, Union Reach Deal That Will Keep Defined-Benefit Pension Plan (with video)
• Don't Freeze New York's Public Retiree Health Benefits (editorial - Newsday)

June 26th, 2008

• New York City Pension Funds Lose Billions; Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook
• New York Board Revamps Rules for Re-Hiring Retired School Superintendents to Reduce Pension 'Double Dipping'

June 24th, 2008

• Public Pension Reform Measure Passes Both Houses of New York Legislature Unanimously

June 23rd, 2008

• New York Legislators, Governor Agree on Pension Reform Package

June 16th, 2008

• New York Judge Orders Legislature to Increase Pay for State's Judiciary (editorial - Wall Street Journal)

June 10th, 2008

• Pensiontsunami.com Provides Fodder for a New York Blogger

June 4th, 2008

• 700 Retired Educators in New York Are Receiving $100,000+ Annually in Pensions

June 3rd, 2008

• Union-Paid Actuary Underestimated New York City Pension Costs by $500 Million

June 2nd, 2008

• New York Teachers' 403b Plan Guaranteed 8.25% Return Backed by Taxpayers (column)

May 28th, 2008

• Benefits for New York's Public Workers Are Too Taxing (editorial - Democrat and Chronicle)

May 27th, 2008

• New York Schools' Practice of Paycheck and Pension Suspended
• New York Agency's Mistake Earns 2 Lawyers Pension Credits

May 25th, 2008

• Pension Stripping Is Unfair to Convicted Public Officials (op-ed)

May 23rd, 2008

• New York's Governor and Legislators Seek to Cut Abuse of State's Pension Systems

May 20th, 2008

• New York Assembly Halts Bills With Analysis by Union-Paid Actuary

May 19th, 2008

• Sensing the Moment Favors Them, Unions in New York's Capital Push for Gains
• New York Has 899 State Pensioners Pulling in Over $100,000/year
• Those 40 Double-Dippers on Long Island Confirm Worst Fears (editorial - Newsday)
• New York Legislature Considers a Plan That Hampers Health Cost Control (editorial - Buffalo News)
• Broome County, New York Lawmakers Urge Governor to Veto Retiree Health Care Legislation

May 16th, 2008

• Public Employee Unions Bankrolled Analyst Vetting New York City Pension Bill
• Suit Filed to Block New York Pension Probe

May 14th, 2008

• Time for Serious Reforms in New York's Public Employee Pension System (editorial - Newsday)
• New York Bill on Retiree Health Care Would Send Property Taxes Soaring (op-ed)

May 13th, 2008

• Bill Would Boost Pension of Former Secretary to New York GOP's State Chairman
• New York State Comptroller Proposes OPEB Fund for Future Fetiree Health Care Costs (with audio)

May 12th, 2008

• New York Public Employees' Health Benefits Bill Criticized
• Bill to Freeze New York's Retired Public Employees' Health Benefits Is a Trojan Horse (editorial - Newsday)

May 11th, 2008

• New York Law Extends Protection of Education Retirees' Health Insurance Coverage
• New York 'Trojan Horse' Bill Would Ban Local Governments From Changing Health Benefits for Retirees

May 9th, 2008

• New York's Attorney General Sees Fraud in Some Lawyers' State Pensions
• New York Pension Probe Will Snare 'Hundreds' of Lawyers, State's Attorney General Predicts
• Editorial Cartoon by Walt Handelsman on Roslyn, New York's Pricey Pension Convict

May 7th, 2008

• North Tonawanda, New York Ex School Superintendent's Pension Is 2nd Highest in State

May 6th, 2008

• Long Island, New York: Ex-Roslyn School District Officials Collect Pensions in Prison

May 5th, 2008

• Long Island School Superintendent Gets New York State's Biggest Pension
• Following the Path to Long Island School Administrator's $316,000 Pension
• List of the Top 10 Pensions in New York State Teachers' Retirement System
• Officials in Binghamton, New York Face Music on Reporting Future Benefit Costs
• New York Taxpayers Fund Too Many Layers (editorial - Press & Sun-Bulletin)

May 4th, 2008

• Hundreds of New York Government Workers Are Double Dippers

May 3rd, 2008

• New York Governor Offers Deals to Some Attorneys in Pension Scandal

April 30th, 2008

• New York Local Officeholders Pile Up Millions in Pensions

April 27th, 2008

• New York State's Tax Woe Meets Labor's 'No'

April 22nd, 2008

• What Do Glen Cove, New York and Vallejo, California Have in Common? (blog)

April 21st, 2008

• New York City Eyes $200 Million in Cuts to Public Employee Health Care Benefits

April 16th, 2008

• New York Attorney General Widens Pension Probe to Towns and Villages
• New York State's Employee Benefits Keep Getting Richer (editorial - Democrat and Chronicle)

April 15th, 2008

• New York's Pension Scams Must End Now (blog)

April 14th, 2008

• Stock Prices and New York City's Public Employee Pensions: A History

April 13th, 2008

• School Lawyers in New York Enjoying Outrageous Benefits (editorial - Democrat and Chronicle)

April 11th, 2008

• New York Attorney General Broadens School District Lawyers' Pension Scam Inquiry

April 9th, 2008

• Control Public Employee Overtime to Control New York's Skyrocketing Pension Costs (editorial - Buffalo News)

April 7th, 2008

• New York State's 'Public Pension Bomb' Ticking Away
• New York State's Budget Woes and Public Employee Pensions Are Intertwined

April 3rd, 2008

• How a Valley Stream, New York Lawyer Got a Six-Figure State Pension Though a Private Contractor
• Buffalo, New York Police Officer Retires With Record Pension of More Than $100,000/year
• Graphic: Padding the Pension in Buffalo (pdf)

March 28th, 2008

• 23 School Districts on Long Island, New York Have Private Lawyers on Public Pay and Pension Rolls

February 19th, 2008

• 1 Man + 5 Jobs = A Government Pension and Angry Long Island Taxpayers (video, Too)

February 18th, 2008

• Stop New York School Districts' Pension Pay Scam (editorial - Newsday)
• New York City's Mayor Bloomberg Backs Early Pensions for Teachers

January 29th, 2008

• New York Pension Funds' Lawsuit Against Countrywide Expanded

January 17th, 2008

• 500-Pound NYPD Officer Loses Disability Pension Bid

January 15th, 2008

• Public Boards in New York Must Rein in Employee Health Costs (editorial - Utica Observer-Dispatch)

December 3rd, 2007

• New York Comptroller Says State Pension Fund's Problems Are in the Past

November 15th, 2007

• New York's Pension Fund Should Cut Ties With Iran, Says State Controller

October 25th, 2007

• New York City's Pension Fund Soared in Past Year

October 18th, 2007

• New York City, Teachers Union Announce Landmark Retirement Deal
• New York City Teachers Agree to Pension Plan Changes and Bonus Pay Tied to Scores

October 14th, 2007

• New York State Pension Fund Inquiry Reaches Bank of Ireland Unit

October 12th, 2007

• New York Pension Fund Faces a Federal Inquiry

October 5th, 2007

• New York City Will Help Pension Plans Build Housing for Teachers
• New York Pension Fund Inquiry Looks at Securities Business Owned by Former Comptroller's Son

September 18th, 2007

• New York City's Budget Growth Largely Driven by Employee Pensions, Benefits, Medicaid

September 17th, 2007

• Cuba Could Trip Up New York Divestment Movement

September 14th, 2007

• Probe of New York's Pension Fund Will Uncover Corruption, Says State's Attorney General

September 5th, 2007

• New York Taxpayers to Save on Public Employee Pension Costs, Says Comptroller

August 29th, 2007

• New York Pension Investigation Scrutinizes Fees to Ex-State Comptroller's Consultant

August 27th, 2007

• Handshake Deal Hid New York Pension Fund Fee-Loading Agreement
• New York's Pension Fund Scandal Has a Texas Link

August 24th, 2007

• Tompkins County, New York Weighs Options to Relieve Future Retiree Health Insurance Costs

August 22nd, 2007

• New York: Where Investing $154 Billion Is One Man's Job
• Public Pension Benefits Require Ever More Careful Public Consideration (editorial - Journal News)

August 21st, 2007

• Facing a $47 Billion Health Care Liability, New York State Urged to Cut Retiree Benefits

August 18th, 2007

• Ex-Comptroller's Aide Focus of Pension Probe in New York State

August 16th, 2007

• New York State Comptroller Sees Pension Burden Easing in State

August 15th, 2007

• Mayor of Binghamton, New York Concerned Over Rising Cost of Public Employees' Benefits

August 10th, 2007

• Cost of Public Employees' Health Benefits Overwhelming Taxpayers in Nassau County, New York

July 20th, 2007

• New Hires in Greene County, New York Will Pay Up to Half of Cost for Health Benefits Upon Retirement

July 16th, 2007

• Ex-State Comptroller's Sons and Aides Investigated Over Business Ties to New York's Pension Fund

July 9th, 2007

• Probe of New York's Pension Fund May Result in Criminal Charges

July 5th, 2007

• New York City Audits Reveal $1.1 Million Paid in Pension Double Dipping in 2005

July 2nd, 2007

• The Achilles Heel of Public Employee Benefits (column)

June 22nd, 2007

• Exploding Benefit Costs Hit Saratoga Springs, New York

June 6th, 2007

• Frankfort Center, New York Volunteer Firefighters' Pension Plan Hits Roadblock

April 6th, 2007

• Public Pension Rot Not Limited to Just New Jersey (editorial - New York Times)

March 30th, 2007

• Billions in Retiree Health Costs in the Open, Thanks to New Accounting Rule

March 15th, 2007

• New York Teachers' Pension Fund Caught Up in Subprime Mortgage Debacle

March 14th, 2007

• Amherst, New York Town Board Questions 1,000 Percent Increase in Pension Costs

March 6th, 2007

• Huge Cost of Public Retiree Health Benefits Could Create Fiscal Crisis

February 26th, 2007

• New York Mayors Want More Power to Control Fringe Benefits

February 14th, 2007

• New York Public Employees Defend Right to Health Benefits

January 22nd, 2007

• Mayor Bloomberg's Pension Misfire (column)

January 15th, 2007

• New York City Pensions May Invest in Hedge Funds

December 29th, 2006

• Performance Estimates for Public Employee Pension Funds About to Tighten

December 26th, 2006

• Pension Proposal Aims to Attract More Volunteer Firefighters in Red Hook, New York

December 7th, 2006

• New York Governor Vetoes Two Pension Bills

December 5th, 2006

• Speakers Cite Binghamton, New York's Exploding Pension Costs at Assembly Hearing

December 4th, 2006

• New York City Again Urges Governor to Reject 2 Union-Supported Pension Bills

November 17th, 2006

• Rochester, New York Police Overtime Pay Investigated

November 6th, 2006

• Hevesi's Pension (editorial - New York Sun)

November 2nd, 2006

• New York Pension Funds Return 8.4% Over Past Decade

October 30th, 2006

• New York State's Pension Head 'Could Face Axe'

October 27th, 2006

• The Real Campaign Scandal: Urgent Need to Reform New York State's Pension Fund

October 16th, 2006

• Government Spending in New York Must Be Controlled (editorial - Post-Journal)

October 9th, 2006

• Higher Health Insurance Costs Challenge Town Budgets in New York

October 6th, 2006

• New York State Workers Contribute Less, Get More Back, From Pension Fund

September 8th, 2006

• New York Comptroller Candidate Urges Public Pension Switch to 401(k) Plans

September 5th, 2006

• Cost of Public Employee Pensions Adds to New York Factory Town's Troubles

August 27th, 2006

• On Tracking of Public Pensions, No Consensus

August 24th, 2006

• New York's Public Pension Fund Is Sound, Says State Comptroller

August 23rd, 2006

• New York's Gubernatorial Candidates Oppose Forced Pension Increases
• Pension Giveaway (editorial - New York Times)

August 22nd, 2006

• Analyst Foresees Big Shortfall for New York's State Pension System
• New York: Government by Cookie Jar
• State Upgrades Pensions, and New York City Gets the Bill
• Public Pensions in Trouble (editorial - New York Times)
• New York City's Mayor Bloomberg Cautions Against Generous Pension Increases

August 21st, 2006

• New York's Pension Costs Are Soaring (editorial - Democrat & Chronicle)

August 20th, 2006

• New York City Gets Sobering Look at Its Pensions (NYT - free registration)
• Cities Have Many Ways to Track Pension Funds (NYT - free registration)
• Orangetown, New York Elected Officials Boost Their Own Pensions

August 19th, 2006

• New York Governor Vetoes Pension Sweeteners

August 14th, 2006

• New York Estimates Retiree Health Costs at $47-54 Billion Under New GASB Accounting Rule

August 3rd, 2006

• Faso's Pension Reform (editorial - New York Sun)

August 2nd, 2006

• New York Gubernatorial Candidate Says 401(k) Plans Should Replace Costly Public Pensions

July 21st, 2006

• New York Governor Vetoes Retire-At-55 Bill for Public Jobs
• Pension Politics in New York (editorial - Albany Times Union)

July 19th, 2006

• New York State's Pension Sweeteners Top $189 Million
• Analysis Shows New York Legislature Is Driving Up Public Worker Pension Costs
• New York Governor Expected to Veto Pension Bill Today

July 18th, 2006

• New York City's Labor Pains (editorial - New York Sun)

July 15th, 2006

• New York City Seeks Money-Saving Concessions From Unions

June 28th, 2006

• New York's Governor Is Facing a Decision on Pension Giveaways

June 19th, 2006

• Public Workers Paid More (editorial - Buffalo News)

June 18th, 2006

• New York State's Volunteer Firefighters Benefit From Pension Program

June 15th, 2006

• New York City Cries Foul as Legislative Panel Defeats Measure on Disability Lawsuits

June 12th, 2006

• Time to Trim Pensions of New York City Workers?: Yes
• Time to Trim Pensions of New York City Workers?: No

June 6th, 2006

• New York City's Pension Cut Proposal May Set Negotiating Pattern

May 31st, 2006

• New York's Public Employees Pay Less for Insurance

May 26th, 2006

• New York State Comptroller Defends Public Pensions

May 13th, 2006

• Finding Balance in New York's School Budgets

May 1st, 2006

• New York Plan to Reward Volunteer Firefighters Underfunded

April 9th, 2006

• New York State Pension Fund Soars to $140 Billion

March 14th, 2006

• Record Pension for Nassau, New York Police Officer

February 22nd, 2006

• Cashing in Through Pensions in New York

February 14th, 2006

• Brookhaven, New York Tightens Pension Fund Control (editorial - Newsday)

February 6th, 2006

• New York City Must Reduce Growth in Employee Pension, Healthcare Costs

February 2nd, 2006

• Pensions and Health Benefits Central to New York City Contracts

January 26th, 2006

• New York City Transit Workers Had a Fair Deal

January 25th, 2006

• Digusting Gripes of New York City's Transit Workers

January 23rd, 2006

• New York City Transit Workers Reject Contract

January 17th, 2006

• The Public-Employee Shakedown of Taxpayers Can't Go On

January 16th, 2006

• Putnam County, New York Sees Retiree Health-Care Costs Skyrocketing

January 5th, 2006

• Chairman of New York City's Transit Board Says Pension Demand Was an Error

January 4th, 2006

• In N Y C Transit Strike, Who's the Thug?
• New York Must Adopt Sensible Pension Reforms (editorial - Democrat & Chronicle)

January 3rd, 2006

• New York Legislature Must Retire Plush Pensions (editorial - Daily News)
• Union Dissidents Say New York City Transit Leader Gave Away Too Much

January 2nd, 2006

• New York City Transit Strike May Offer Boost to Unions Nationwide

January 1st, 2006

• Transit Union's Unreality Checks
• History Repeats Itself in New York City Transit Strike

December 31st, 2005

• The Transit Union's Secret Pension Deal

December 30th, 2005

• New York's Governor May Veto Pension Refunds in Transit Pact

December 29th, 2005

• New York City Transit Workers Strike Gold in New Deal
• New York City's Transit Union Pension Payoff (editorial - New York Post)

December 28th, 2005

• New York City Transit Union's Board Okays New Contract
• More Info on the New York City Transit Strike Agreement
• New York City Transit Walkout Points to Tensions Over Public Pensions

December 27th, 2005

• New York City's Transit Strike: Three Days in December
• New York City's Transit Strike: Laws Are Tailor-Made for a Reason

December 26th, 2005

• Huge Increase Looms for Health Care in New York City's Budget

December 25th, 2005

• Pensions Eat at Taxpayers' Wallets; New York City's Transit Strike Was Over Pension Benefits

December 23rd, 2005

• New York's Transit Strike Has Ended, but the War Over Government Pensions Has Just Begun
• New York City Transit Strike Reflects Wider Pension Concerns
• How Transport Workers Union Pensions Stack Up in New York City

December 22nd, 2005

• The Pension Tsunami Hits the East Coast (editorial - Orange County Register)
• New York City Transit Strike Highlights Coming Pension Problems (editorial - Newsday)
• New York City Transit Strike: Pension Change Small, Issue Big
• With Pensions, New York's Transit Union Has It Made, Says Fiscal Watchdog

December 21st, 2005

• Pension Reforms Are Key Issue in New York City Transit Strike
• New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Says It Must Act Now to Prevent a 'Tidal Wave' of Pension Outlays
• Pension Hang-Up at Heart of New York City's Transit Strike

December 20th, 2005

• New York City's Mayor Hints at Pension Cuts for New Employees

December 19th, 2005

• Pension Madness in New York City

December 5th, 2005

• New Jersey's Pension Pickle -- and New York's (editorial - New York Post)
• Young Retirees Strain Police Departments Across the Nation

November 23rd, 2005

• New York City Tweaks Pension Formula to Get One-Time $800 Million Savings

October 26th, 2005

• Taxpayer Group Wants Erie County, New York to Cut Employees' Wages by 20%

October 5th, 2005

• New York State Says Its Pension Fund Beat Investment Target Last Fiscal Year

August 21st, 2005

• Western New York Public Employees Get Cosmetic Surgery as Health Benefit

August 20th, 2005

• Putnam County, New York May Bill Retirees More for Health Care

August 13th, 2005

• New York Racing Association Pension Fund Short by $44.7 Million

August 12th, 2005

• New York Enhances Benefits for Military Personnel Killed in Action

August 3rd, 2005

• Oswego, New York Cuts Caused by Rising Pension, Benefit Costs

July 29th, 2005

• New York's Mta Announces 'Surplus' Despite $2.2 Billion Pension Shortfall

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