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New York Post
Gov. Cuomo won wide respect last spring after he stood up to public-sector unions with a responsible budget and property-tax relief. Today, he can show that he still gets it — by vetoing a typical Albany pension-sweetener bill.
The legislation, which will become law unless he vetoes it by at midnight, would let city cops and firefighters keep their pensions even if guilty of wrongdoing — so long as they’ve put in at least 20 years of service.
Huh?
Not only would this further fuel runaway pension costs (already up nearly eight-fold in the city over the past decade), it’d also end a powerful disincentive for misconduct, including committing crimes.
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