Tag: Transparency

The data comes after the state Court of Appeals ruled last week that pension systems in New York must release the names and details of its pensioners. The state Teachers’ Retirement System, as well as New York City pension funds, had refused to release the information because lower court rulings hadn’t required it to be made public. The lawsuit that led to the ruling was brought by the Empire Center for Public Policy. The think tank received the information this week and posted it on its website,www.SeeThroughNY.net. Read More

In the state's largest (but not only) public pension plan, the number of retirees with six-figure benefits has more than doubled in the past five years. Read More

One out of every six police officers and firefighters retiring from state and local agencies outside New York City last year qualified for annual pensions of $100,000, according to state pension fund data posted today at SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More

In a win for government transparency, the state's highest court last week ordered the state and New York City teacher pension funds to release the names of pension recipients. Read More

Updated pension data for retired New York State public school teachers and administrators, released to the Empire Center pursuant to a landmark Court of Appeals ruling last week, were posted online today atwww.SeeThroughNY.net. Read More

The state’s highest court has ruled that the names, but not the addresses, of retirees who receive public pensions must be disclosed according to New York’s Freedom of Information Law. Kudos to the Empire Center for New York State Policy, which sought disclosure of pension beneficiaries from the retirement systems for state and New York City teachers. Read More

New York's highest court says the names and benefits of retired teachers in public pension plans should be made public. The Court of Appeals says state law exempts from public disclosure only the home addresses, not the names of retirees who get benefits from the public employee retirement systems. Read More

How much money retirees receive from pension systems in New York will be made public under a ruling Tuesday by the state's highest court. The 6-to-0 decision by the state Court of Appeals is the culmination of a legal battle for years over whether the public has a right to know how much employees in state and local governments and schools get annually when they retire. Read More