COMPENSATION & NON-SALARY BENEFITS
Legislative and Executive Retirement Plan for Tier 1 and 2 Members:
Section 80-a
February 10, 2008 "New
York Legislators Pushing to Raise Their Pay"
NYT (Danny Hakim, Tymaine Lee)
"The lawmakers also have enviable health insurance and pension
plans. They get $154 per diem when they travel to Albany.
...Perks? They get free dental insurance, according to the
Department of Civil Service, and most are enrolled in the Empire
health insurance plan for state employees, in which the
state pays 90 percent of the premium. And after 20 years, they
can retire with a pension equivalent to 30 percent of the average
of their highest three years of salary."
May 26, 2020 "Why
New York is in Trouble -- 290,304 Public Employees With
$100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $38 Billion" Forbes
(Adam Andrzejewski)
Open the Books.com -- VIDEO
January 7, 2019 "Get
re-elected, retire, and then collect a salary and pension"
USA Today -- (Joseph Spector, Jon Campbell)
September 23, 2011
"How
State Lawmakers Pump Up Pensions in Ways You Can't"
USA TODAY (Thomas Frank)
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