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NY comptroller: Attorney has to pay back pension

Five school districts incorrectly classified a private attorney as an employee, allowing him to obtain a yearly pension of nearly $62,000 to which he was not entitled, the State comptroller said in an opinion released Friday.

As a result, the attorney, Lawrence Reich, will have to pay back the money he has already collected since 2006, said Dennis Tompkins, the comptroller's spokesman.

"He...

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