New York Pension Probe
According to State Editor Jay Jochnowitz for timesunion.com, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating "alleged abuses of the state pension fund" at school district, town and village levels. External contractors may be costing Empire State taxpayers a bundle in the form of "undeserved" retirement benefits. (See "Cuomo expanding pension probe," April 14, 2008.)
Not surprisingly (and assuming facts bear out the presence of fraud), folks are in a major huff. To read a few takes on the fast-changing situation, check out these items.
- "Cuomo: 90 attorneys' pensions potentially fraudulent" by Robert E. Kessler (Newsday.com - April 10, 2008)
- "New York's Pension Scams Must End Now" by James Ostrowski (Free New York - April 14, 2008)
