A Jacksonville resident, Curtis Lee, sought public records from the Jacksonville
Police and Fire Pension Fund, which wanted to charge him hundreds of dollars in fees.
Dallas
Police and Fire Pension System - NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3, LLC (the Concession Company)
He also pledgde to forgo any future payments in connection with the NYC
Police and Fire pension fund investments in his firm, GF Capital Private Equity GP, LLC.
In 2014, only 6 percent of the new retirees in the state's
police and fire pension system were receiving full accidental disability pensions.
Dallas
Police and Fire Pension System investment manager Ryan Wagner tells Agri Investor that an ongoing review at the $ 2.1 bn pension includes examination of fund structures most appropriate for an agricultural investor of its size.
Most of the proceeds from the sale of Alton's sewer system and water treatment plant would go toward combined
police and fire pension debt of more than $ 113 million.
The proposed $ 100.8 million budget will spend millions on
police and fire pensions as well as a 3 percent pay raise for city workers.
One county in bankruptcy right now is spending SEVENTY FIVE percent of its budget on
police and fire pensions.
Paterson's December 2009 pension measure reversed benefit sweeteners enacted by the State Legislature over the previous 25 years, while trimming
police and fire pensions a bit more.
Never mind that
police and fire pensions are the biggest driver of rising pension costs for NYC.
Pension costs spiked to their highest levels in decades in 2014, growing to 20.9 percent of payroll costs for the common retirement fund and 28.9 percent for
police and fire pensions.
Not exact matches
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.
While
pensions are not nearly as common as they once were, they are a very important part of the retirement plans for many of society's most valued workers: teachers,
police officers,
fire fighters
and more!
Los Angeles
Fire and Police Pension System's buyout portfolio generated the best performance among US public
pensions since vintage 2004, according to a study by HEC Paris.
The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10 percent this year following City Hall
and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for
police,
fire and teacher
pensions, according to calculations released Tuesday by the Cook County clerk's office.
Or wait, how about the 10 % sales tax that we now pay so that
police and fire unions can retire at 50 with full
pensions and literally BANKRUPT counties across the state (the number is at 15
and counting).
(Incredibly, as reported in the Daily News, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan offered late in the legislative session to pass a minimum wage hike favored by de Blasio in exchange for the mayor's agreement to drop his opposition to the
police and fire disability
pension measure.
Not by coincidence, New York City's
fire and police pension funds also have large unfunded liabilities.
ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting a rare boost from a top Bloomberg aide, as former deputy mayor Howard Wolfson called Governor Andrew Cuomo's embrace of disability
pension reform that
police and fire unions are clamoring for «surprising
and disappointing from a taxpayer perspective.»
«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.
Newsday has assembled a database of
pension costs that reveals what public agencies on Long Island pay into three state
pension systems - the Employees» Retirement System, the
Police and Fire Retirement System,
and the Teachers» Retirement System.
To supporters, the public
pension system - covering workers in villages, towns,
police and fire departments, libraries
and schools - is an unchangeable pact between government
and its workers.
We need repeal of union give - aways like the Triborough Amendment which rigs union contracts
and benefits, repeal of the Wicks Law which raises public construction costs, reform of binding arbitration rules affecting
police and fire contracts,
and movement toward defined contribution
pension plans for public employees.»
The problem is the ridiculous salaries
and pensions paid to NYC
police and Fire department employees.
Assini noted that his figures only include the data of regular state employees, (because that's the information provided by the governor to date),
and not
fire,
police or teachers, who make up the bulk of most localities»
pension costs.
The distinction in disability
pensions was created by former governor David Paterson as a cost - saving measure in 2009,
and has become a flashpoint in a broader feud between de Blasio
and the city's
police and fire unions — one that Cuomo has seized on as he
and the mayor fight over a host of other issues.
A fight over disability
pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal
and police and fire unions
and members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty
pension or a higher cost - of - living increase after retirement.
The average
pension, excluding
police and fire, is $ 19,151, he said,
and 76 percent receive less than $ 30,000 a year.
-- «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.
As
fire and police union officials rallied in Albany with Gov. Andrew Cuomo today for increased disability
pension benefits for injured officers, the City Council hastily scheduled a hearing to vote through an opposing proposal from Mayor Bill de Blasio that the unions say does not go far enough.
Jennifer Merin: Brilliant performances by Julianne Moore
and Ellen Page set
fire to this compelling truth - based drama about a terminally ill
police officer who is determined that her same sex partner receive her
pension.
Molin has a good sense of what big investors are looking for in net lease because U.S. Realty Advisors represents a number of institutional players, including the
pension systems of San Diego County, the City of San Diego
and Los Angeles
Fire &
Police.