Debate over pension plan has familiar ring
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp, AP | Left: New York State Senator Jack Martins is among the co-hosts of a hearing on the state's property tax in Mineola. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Right: Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner addresses her supporters in Syracuse after her victorious campaign. (Nov. 3, 2009)
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The trendiest of fiscal slogans and buzz-phrases are now flying over Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to quickly reduce pension expenses for local governments and school districts.
Cuomo would cut the required payments by allowing these localities to start paying a flat percentage of costs year-to-year over a long period. One supporter of such a change, who suggested it last summer, is State...
