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Ex-Roslyn school officials collect pensions in prison

Former Superintendent of Roslyn Schools Frank Tassone leaves

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Former Superintendent of Roslyn Schools Frank Tassone leaves Nassau court after he was sentenced to 4-12 years in jail. (Oct. 10, 2006)

Frank Tassone earns $1.05 a day working as a porter at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida. Cleaning toilets and shower stalls, he is far from his comfortable days as the superintendent of the Roslyn school district, where he enjoyed lavish meals on the taxpayers, gambling junkets and frequent conferences in such playgrounds as Las Vegas.

But Tassone, 61, needn't worry about having...

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