Sentences with phrase «state public employee pension fund»

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, sole trustee of the state public employee pension fund, is again pushing for energy giant ExxonMobil to disclose how efforts to mitigate global warming will impact its corporate bottom line.

Not exact matches

Other top pension PE players over the same period were the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (15.5 percent); the Houston Firefighters» Relief and Retirement Fund (13.6 percent); the Minnesota State Board of Investment (14.4 percent); and the Iowa Public Employees» Retirement System (14.1 percent).

Cuomo did call for some things that will be unpopular with public employee unions (freezing pay, creating a Tier VI in the pension fund, reducing the size of state government — a move that will undoubtedly necessitate job cuts, but he makes no mention of that I can find in «The New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action»).

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo previously has said he planned to halt future fossil fuel investments in the state's public employee pension fund.

Similarly, the amount state and local governments will have to pay into the state's main pension fund for other public employees would double to nearly $ 4 billion — even if most localities opt into a borrowing scheme approved this year by lawmakers to soften the blow.

In a major blow to Gov. Chris Christie that complicates his 2016 ambitions, a New Jersey judge ruled that he violated state law when he declined to make the full payment into the state's pension system for public employees last year and ordered him to find a way to fund it now.

New Yorkers also oppose (56 - 37) reducing pension benefits for public employees, despite the fact that experts like the Empire Center's EJ McMahon have warned the state is headed for a serious fiscal mess if generous taxpayer - funded benefits packages aren't scaled back soon.

Among the findings: States will face continued pressure due to skyrocketing Medicaid costs, underfunded pensions for retired public employees and volatile tax revenues, as well as reduced federal funding.

The fund pays for pensions of both state workers and local public sector employees.

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.

ALBANY, NY (02/13/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) today commended State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for his stand in favor of a secure pension fund for public woPublic Employees Federation (PEF) today commended State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for his stand in favor of a secure pension fund for public wopublic workers.

Unlike New York City's public employee pension, which voted to exit its hedge fund portfolio, the state pension isn't planning to yank its money from hedge funds, Fuller said.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the UFT, said: «The pension and retirement funds of New York State educators, public employees and unionists should avoid investing in private equity funds, such as New Mountain Capital or other private equity funds, that maximize profits by denying the most fundamental rights of workers.

The rift deepened last year, after Sweeney reneged on a pledge to allow a public referendum on constitutionally guaranteeing that the state regularly contribute to its public employee pension funds.»

The gap between the promises states have made for public employees» retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $ 1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2016, according to Pew's comprehensive analysis on pension and retiree health care funding.

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Some public employee pension plans around the country are less than 50 percent funded, and states and localities sometimes struggle to meet their benefit obligations, especially for pensions.

First, she wants to increase the number of public employees enrolled in a cash - balance plan rather than the state's pension fund.

Unfortunately, the new state budget won't help either despite allocation an additional $ 6 billion from the state's reserves to pay its public employee pension fund.

In addition to the Lead Plaintiff, the Iowa Public Employees» Retirement System, Orange County Employees» Retirement System («OCERS»), the State of Oregon, by and through the Oregon State Treasurer and the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Board on behalf of the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund («Oregon») and the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church («the General Board»), all were appointed class representatives and Cohen Milstein was appointed Class Counsel in the litigation in October 2011.

In a widely expected ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Cook County state court ruling holding that a state law, Public Act 98 - 641, reducing annuity benefits for employees and retirees of the City of Chicago, in exchange for increased contributions to certain pension funds, was unconstitutional.

Amid ongoing warnings about underfunded public employee pension funds, more than a dozen California state lawmakers are augmenting their $ 107,242 salaries by collecting retirement payments from...