About Us
Why We Need to Protect Public Pensions
Protect Public Pensions is a coalition of working families, concerned citizens and state and municipal employee labor unions representing more than one million working men and women.
Our members and supporters include taxpayers, working families, police officers, firefighters, correction officers, teachers, subway and bus supervisors, county municipal employees, pipefitters and steamfitters to name a few.
We are concerned about the State and the City of New York’s irresponsible rush to divest public pension funds from fossil fuels industries, which will result in lower returns on investments and the need for increased state and city contributions – that means higher taxes or service cuts that will hurt all New Yorkers.
The Latest News
Protecting public pensions protects all working families
In the News
Sometimes it feels like working men and women are always under attack – from anti-union employers, from Washington, from Albany. Now, amid a concerted attack by climate change activists, Gov. Cuomo and some of our elected leaders in the State Capitol are pushing a plan that could hurt the modest...
Don’t play politics with our pensions
In the News
Working men and women, public employees and taxpayers across New York are deeply concerned about calls from elected officials, including Gov. Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to divest the state and city’s pension funds from fossil fuels. With unions and working families under attack, those divestment...
OPINION: Cuomo and de Blasio should not force unions to divest from fossil fuel companies
In the News
Working men and women, public employees and taxpayers across are deeply concerned about calls from elected officials, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to divest the state and city’s pension...
Research and Analysis
More than two million state and municipal retirees who have worked hard throughout their careers, serving the public, depend on their modest pensions to support themselves and their families. And in turn, New York taxpayers depend on their public officials to fulfill their fiduciary duties and ensure that state and municipal pension funds remain fully funded.
