NYS Police, fire pensions gap widens

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Police, fire pensions gap widens

By Jonathan Bandler • February 13, 2011

The gap between police and fire pensions and those of other New York municipal workers is widening.

And the disparity is particulary noticeable in Yonkers, where the average pension for recently retired uniformed workers was nearly $100,000 a year — three times as much as other city workers. All 130 Yonkers retirees making six-figure pensions are former cops or firefighters.

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