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
New York's highest court Tuesday ordered that the names of retired teachers, police officers and other government workers be released publicly in a case that tested the power of the state Freedom of Information Law. Read More
Overtime pay boosted eight Port Authority police officers' salaries over $300,000 last year, and overall, 11 officers each earned more than the chairmen in New York and New Jersey who ran the two-state agency. Read More
The state's highest court ruled Wednesday that the names but not the addresses of retirees who receive public pensions must be disclosed according to the provisions of New York's Freedom of Information Law. Read More
New York’s highest court on Tuesday held that the names of state and local government retirees receiving pensions may not be shielded from the public. The 6-0 decision by the New York Court of Appeals, which reversed a consistent string of lower court rulings, was a setback to public employee unions in the state that have fought for years to prevent a conservative fiscal watchdog group in Albany from collecting the pension records and including them in a searchable database. Read More
In a great advance for the taxpayers’ right to know, New York’s highest court ruled unanimously that the names of state and local pensioners, and the amounts of their retirement payments, are a matter of public record. Read More