«The legislature passed
several pension bills that sweetened pension benefits for employees.
Not exact matches
As expected, Cuomo also vetoed
several pension sweetener
bills, including a measure restoring early retirement rights for uniformed state court officers.
«There's
several version of
pension forfeiture
bills out there,» said Assemblyman Dan Stec, a Republican from Queensbury.
But voters will understand neither the horse - trading nor the heady implications of the
bill, and
several Assembly members said they were simply happy and hoping to act on a
pension forfeiture amendment — whichever one it was.
To prevent the impending lapse of mayoral control over New York City schools, the state Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a two - year extension Thursday as part of a larger omnibus
bill, which included a
pension enhancement for certain uniformed workers, special recognition for former Governor Mario Cuomo, and
several benefits for upstate areas.
As noted here, the
bill was one of
several pension sweeteners passed by huge margins (57 - 4 in Senate, 133 - 1 in Assembly) in the final days of the legislative session in June.
In a new report released yesterday by the institute's Empire Center, we find that
pension contributions will skyrocket over the next
several years, because the state's
pension funds made risky bets in the stock market and lost — leaving taxpayers, not public employees, to pay the
bill.
According to a Fraser Institute analysis, the increase in
pension premiums, spread out over
several years, «will more than wipe out the benefits» of the Trudeau government's key tax talking point, the famous middle - class income - tax cut that Finance Minister
Bill Morneau keeps referring to as background justification for tightening tax rules for private corporations and small - businesses.
In addition to this effort, I authored the legislation creating the District's first Climate Change and Resiliency Commission; I led the fight to have the District's retirement and
pension funds divest from carbon and fossil fuel investment holdings; I wrote
several bills to expand opportunities for solar installation; and I led the effort to name 2018 as the Year of the Anacostia River to celebrate and bring attention to the river on the eastern half of our city.
Bill 177 is an omnibus legislation that amends
several statutes, including the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the
Pension Benefits Act.
Bill 177 is omnibus legislation which amends
several statutes, including the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the
Pension Benefits Act and the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act.