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Bill targets LIRR 'benefit stacking'

Originally published: November 14, 2011 1:29 PM
Updated: November 14, 2011 9:36 PM
By WILLIAM MURPHY william.murphy@newsday.com

In this file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,

Photo credit: AP | In this file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., takes questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (July 27, 2011)

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Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday he will introduce legislation to end a system that allowed Long Island Rail Road workers to boost their retirement earnings by getting both a regular and a disability pension.

"Allowing LIRR employees to receive both federal occupational disability benefits and their [LIRR] pensions at the same time creates a perverse incentive for fraud," Schumer (D-N.Y.)...

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