Waiver lets state pensioners prosper
From Sunshine Review
February 22, 2009
[edit] Waiver lets state pensioners prosper
- See also: New York state budget
"Lower Hudson Valley taxpayers will shell out millions of dollars in salaries this year for public sector retirees who continue to collect state pensions despite taking new government and education jobs.
The double dippers include a Westchester schools superintendent making nearly $400,000 a year, a Putnam town supervisor with two public jobs who earns more than $230,000 and a Rockland environmental manager earning in excess of $272,000.
Due to a loophole in state law, more than 185 public employees in the three counties have been allowed to collect a pension and a salary during the past three years, records obtained by The Journal News under the state Freedom of Information Law show."
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