State lawmakers are set to try to make it easier for teachers, cops and other state and local government workers to pad their pensions — and leave taxpayers footing the nearly $4 billion bill, a new analysis shows.
The proposed change would instantly hit New York City taxpayers with $163 million in added annual pension costs, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.
Report links controversial nursing home directive to COVID-19 deaths
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1of9Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo provides a coronavirus update from the Red Room on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Mike Groll/Office of the Governor)Mike Groll/Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. CuomoShow MoreShow Less
2of9Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin delivers an update on the county's ongoing coronavirus response on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at the Rensselaer County Office Building in Troy, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will WaldronShow MoreShow Less
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4of9Entry sign for Van Rensselaer Manor on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in North Greenbush, N.Y. Rensselaer County officials refused to let a state Health Department inspection team into the county nursing home Wednesday saying the inspectors wouldn?•t provide proof they had tested negative for COVID-19. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less