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NYPD officers' prior city service now counts towards police pension
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (139+ words) Thousands of New York City police officers will soon be able to count prior service in other city law enforcement and public safety positions toward their pensions under a measure included in the newly passed state budget, which supporters say…...
Correction, sanitation workers win 20-year retirement
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (129+ words) New York City correction officers and sanitation workers within the Tier 3 retirement plan will now be able to retire with full pension benefits after 20 years of service, achieving long-sought parity with police officers and firefighters under a provision included in…...
Correction, sanitation workers win 20-year pensions
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (139+ words) New York City correction officers and sanitation workers within the Tier 3 retirement plan will now be able to retire with full pension benefits after 20 years of service, achieving long-sought parity with police officers and firefighters under a provision included in…...
Tier 6 changes finalized
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (162+ words) All other workers currently eligible to retire at 63 without penalty will remain at that age, per the agreement. Under the deal, 25 percent of overtime earnings for police and firefighters will count towards their final calculated retirement benefit, up from 15 percent....
Age 58 retirement, decreased contributions & more included in near-final Tier 6 reforms
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (103+ words) The details of the tentative changes were outlined in a meeting of District Council 37 leadership and local presidents on May 13, according to several leaders who were in the meeting and other DC 37 sources. Tier 6 negotiations narrow to three changes "That's…...
City sanitation workers push pension reform
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (427+ words) One bill, S7414, would allow city sanitation workers in the modified Tier 3 plan to retire after 20 years on the job, lowering the limit by two years. The second, S4667 A, would reverse a policy that reduces retired sanitation workers" pension benefits by…...