In your article "Prosecutors wrap up disability testimony" [News, Oct. 3], you state that Frederick Catalano increased his Long Island Rail Road pension by working 1,489 hours of overtime in 17 months.
My question is, why would you pay a retiree overtime for the rest of his life by including overtime in his pension?
Ed Kollar, Lindenhurst

In your article "Prosecutors wrap up disability testimony" [News, Oct. 3], you state that Frederick Catalano increased his Long Island Rail Road pension by working 1,489 hours of overtime in 17 months. My question is, why would you pay a retiree overtime for the rest of his life by including overtime in his pension? Ed Kollar, Lindenhurst

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