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Pension padding - everyone is doing it, AG says

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media in Jericho. (June 29, 2010)

Nurses do it. Toll collectors do it. Even agency directors do it: Pension padding is a common practice among government employees across New York State, says a preliminary report from Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who announced Wednesday he will expand his probe of the practice he has called a "legal loophole" that unfairly costs taxpayers millions.

Of 50 governments in 23 counties examined...

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