Sentences with phrase «controversial pension smoothing»

... That was lead of David Rubin's column in today's Syracuse Post-Standard, in which he sided with the city's mayor, Stephanie Miner, in her ongoing verbal battle with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the governor's controversial pension smoothing proposal.

Since then, she has co-chaired his transtition committee, become a NYPA trustee and been a staunch advocate for a number of his policies, including his controversial pension smoothing proposal that has caused so much friction between Cuomo and his hand - picked state Democratic Party co-chair, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.

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The two campaigns have traded barbs in recent weeks over a controversial amortization plan that Wilson characterizes as borrowing from the pension fund and DiNapoli's camp insists is merely «smoothing» to provide predictability for local governments and the state when it comes to contributions.

It is not a surprising development, given that Richards has been a strong supporter of the Cuomo administration, including Cuomo's push for pension reform that included the controversial smoothing proposal this year as well as gun control.

Similarly, New York is currently engaged in a controversial smoothing or «amortization» program to lessen the pension burden on hard - pressed municipalities by letting them defer some pension debt by up to 10 - to - 12 years.