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Commentary: Public pension funds must not divest from reality
Pensions and Investments
PAUL S. ATKINS
When public pensioners nationwide recently were surveyed about their government-run pensions, six out of 10 believed their retirement "lockbox" was fully funded. Yet recent research shows that view diverges from reality. According to Pew Trust research, only 70% of state pension liabilities are funded, and this statistic assumes generous fund returns...
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FOR THE RECORD
The Chief Leader
Lena Kushnir
It’s probably not true that everything that happens in the local political world these days is attributable to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but we’d have to think her knocking off Congressman Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary June 26 produced a there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-I moment for Republican State Sen. Marty Golden. The ex-cop had...
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Our Pensions
East Hampton Star
MANUEL M. VILAR
As the founding president of Police Benevolent Association of New York State which is the fifth biggest police union in New York State, I don’t typically get involved in political debates, but the proposed plan to divest hundreds of millions of dollars from all fossil-fuel producing companies in the...
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