“At some point,” said Commisso, 26, who by day works for the state Comptroller’s Office, “all public employers are going to have to really think about priorities here. And all these benefits are going to put at risk other services that we’ve provided for years. And I hope that officials in the city and at all levels of government start to realize that.”

Commisso’s plan — that all city retirees start contributing immediately at half the state rates — fizzled last month amid sharp resistance from city unions and council members who recalled the blistering response to a similar 2004 proposal.

Each year, the city’s 240 firefighters are allotted 1,000 24-hour sick days to share among themselves, which averages a little over four per firefighter. Whatever they don’t take is split equally among active firefighters at the end of the year, accumulating annually throughout their careers until they retire and receive their buyouts…

Read article here