Don’t play politics with our pensions

August 7, 2018

Democrat and Chronicle

Daniel C. Levler


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 proposals are playing politics with our retirees’ savings at a time when they can least afford it. Some 1.2 million state workers and 730,000 active and retired city workers rely on modest, yet steady pension returns to support themselves and their families after a career of public service.

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