Just how well do many Yonkers cops and firefighters do when they leave the job?Nice work if you can get it.
One detective worked enough overtime his final year to get a $140,000-a-year pension that was 75 percent more than his base pay. A husband and wife who retired from the police department have annual pensions totaling $257,000.
Those three and more than 90 other Yonkers police and firefighters are among the 160 municipal retirees from the Lower Hudson Valley with annual pensions exceeding $100,000 - including four top administrators at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla during the hospital's financial crisis this decade.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Public workers enjoy golden nest eggs
The Journal News reports: