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Welcome to Long Island, home of the six-figure pension
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Despite the fact that the new delivery schedule will save approximately $2 billion a year, it has drawn criticism from postal unions and congressional lawmakers who believe the USPS needs their approval before changing its schedule.
Is anyone really going to miss mail on Saturdays? Back off, Washington, and for once, think of the taxpayers! Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.
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Alfonse D'Amato, pension, pension costs, police pensions, six-figure pensions, Northport-East Northport Public Library, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Governor Cuomo, pension reform bill, arbitrators, County Executive Ed Mangano, public employees, state pension fund, U.S. Postal Service, mail
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Hey Al, how about giving up your pension. Elected government service is supposed to be a selfless act, so give up your pension and all of your extra benefits to help lower the debt
My favorite is all the six figure firefighters in Long Beach. You know in the rest of towns it is mainly volunteers.