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High pensions for retired school officials

Originally published: January 28, 2012 8:58 PM
Updated: January 28, 2012 10:17 PM
By JOHN HILDEBRAND  john.hildebrand@newsday.com

(L-R) James Hunderfund, former superintendent of Commack/Malverne; Richard

Photo credit: Newsday | (L-R) James Hunderfund, former superintendent of Commack/Malverne; Richard Brande, former superintendent of Comseogue; Ronald Friedman, former superintendent of Great Neck/Long Beach; and Leon Campo, former superintendent of East Meadow, top the list of maximum annual pensions among retired school administrators on Long Island.

The number of retired public school superintendents and other top administrators drawing $100,000-plus government pensions in New York State jumped 45 percent in the past year -- and more than three out of every five are from Long Island.

There were 1,743 retired school administrators with six-figure pensions across the state in 2011, compared with 1,202 in 2010.

Sixty-three percent...

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