Sentences with phrase «new police pension»

«We desperately need a new police pension scheme fit for the modern world.

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The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension Fund; and the New York Board of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City of New York, Officer of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares of common stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, whose address is the same as that of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares of common stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board of Investment on behalf of the State Employees» Retirement System of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares of common stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System of Illinois and the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting.

The new law is a step toward more fairness within Illinois» police pension system, while offering certain police officers more control over their retirements.

The report recommends police forces move away from a final salary to a career - average system, the raising of standard retirement age to 60 and, in the longer term, the design of a whole new scheme for dealing with police pensions.

Lawmakers are also considering an extension of a tax break for lower Manhattan real - estate that is favored by the Real Estate Board of New York and a provision to bolster New York City police and firefighter pensions.

There would, however, be a separate bill in which Cuomo seeks an agreement to allow some police officers, firefighters and members of the New York City Employees» Retirement System, which includes corrections officers, to qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits, according to an anonymous administration official who spoke to the New York Times.

However, by far the most expensive of all the public pension changes proposed this year — a restoration of generous disability retirement benefits for recently hired New York City police and firefighters — did not win approval before the legislative session ended.

Not by coincidence, New York City's fire and police pension funds also have large unfunded liabilities.

In 2014, only 6 percent of the new retirees in the state's police and fire pension system were receiving full accidental disability pensions.

«This recommendation completely disregards the shared sacrifice of New York State's Uniformed Fire and Police who agreed to significant pension system reforms through the enactment of Tier V in 2010,» the unions stated.

MANHATTAN — New York City's teachers, police and firefighters lost billions of dollars in pension funds in the Wall Street crash, and now they want Albany to give them the right to sue to reclaim them.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer added roughly $ 270 million of police and firefighter pension money into high - priced hedge funds in May after complaining about the fees — and pulling...

Among those fleeced were New York City's police pension fund and the New York City Employees Retirement System.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, seeking to avoid future budget gaps, wants to slash a $ 12,000 pension bonus paid each year to police and firefighter retirees, but public - employee unions have vowed to fight.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

It's possible lawmakers will also consider a measure to bolster pension benefits for New York City police and firefighter unions as well as an extension of local sales tax measures.

-- «New York Has Given Away the Keys to More Than a Prius» — New York Times's Jim Dwyer: «Late Tuesday night, Mr. [Stephen] Cassidy drove onto a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan and hit a trash bin, then stumbled his way into an ambulance and onto the front pages of newspapers... Mr. Cassidy, the executive director of the Fire Pension Fund, was jacked up on alcohol and had cocaine in his wallet, the police said... Other than the car, the damage done by Mr. Cassidy was limited to himself.

De Blasio said Friday that New York City pension funds have divested with the exception of the police, fire and education departments.

The fiscally conservative Empire Center this afternoon vowed to appeal a ruling by an Appellate Court today denying access to the identities of New York City Police Pension Fund recipients.

Editorial: No Separate Pension Fund for Police, Firefighters n these first weeks of a new administration in Trenton, it's easy to criticize many of the policy decisions of the Christie administration, in particular Governor Christie's use of the veto and the Legislature's inability to override a single veto over eight years.

Arbetter pointed out that some of the bills weren't released until 3 a.m., and there's been little explanation as to why New York City firefighters and police were excluded from the pension - reform measure.

Police and firefighters, who have some of the public sector's largest pensions, were largely exempted from the new limits.

The pay - $ 317,461 over 17 years - did not impact his police pension and was not counted toward a state pension, according to a New York State Comptroller's Office spokesperson.

Five members of the City Council are withdrawing their support for a resolution that would boost disability pension benefits for New York City police officers and firefighters.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, generally a champion of unions, opposes a state Assembly bill that would boost disability pensions for New York City police officers because he believes it would put too big a dent in the city budget, Capital has learned.

The county also will proceed with a request for a state waiver so that Barry can legally collect $ 236,000 annually in county salary and a New York city police pension, the spokesman said.

Directed by Peter Sollett and written by Philadelphia screenwriter Ron Nyswaner, Freeheld follows the true story of Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), a New Jersey police officer diagnosed with cancer, who's blocked by county officials from passing on her pension benefits to...

Julianne Moore, Freeheld — Frankly, Peter Sollett's drama, written by Philadelphia scribe Ron Nyswaner, is way too afterschool specia - ish in its true tale of a terminally ill lesbian New Jersey police detective (Moore) fighting the system to ensure that her pension benefits go to her partner (Ellen Page), but Moore transcends the limitations of the material to deliver a forceful performance as a woman determined not to be let down by the community she served with distinction.

Peter Sollett)-- World Premiere Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell and Michael Shannon star in this true story about terminally ill New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester, whose 2005 legal battle to pass on her pension benefits to her domestic partner became a flashpoint for LGBT activism.

She's New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester, a terminal cancer patient who fights to ensure that her domestic partner (Ellen Page) isn't denied her pension benefits after she dies.»

«Freeheld» (October 2): In this intriguingly - cast drama from director Peter Sollett, Julianne Moore plays a New Jersey police lieutenant recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, who fights to get her pension benefits with her partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page).

The story centers on a New Jersey police officer (Moore) who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and fights to ensure that her pension benefits can be passed on to her domestic partner (Page).

Provide all new hires at the City, except for sworn police officers, with a defined contribution plan modeled after a 401 (k) plan in place of a defined benefit pension plan.

At a time when New Yorkers are facing higher energy costs than their neighbors due to the state's anti-fossil fuel policies, Bill de Blasio has taken New York City further down a path that will harm consumers — not to mention police officers and other city employees whose pensions are suffering from similar politicization.