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Schools' practice of paycheck and pension suspended

As a hearing convened by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to discuss pension abuse opened Thursday, state Education Commissioner Richard Mills announced that the practice of retired school officials getting both their state pensions and paychecks in interim appointments would be suspended for two months.

Mills' announcement -- made through a spokesman in a prepared statement -- came at...

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