Majority of NY voters in favor of reduced pension benefits for public staffers: poll

The New York Post reports:

New York voters strongly favor reduced pension benefits for future public employees and solidly oppose pay raises for state politicians and appointees for the first time since 1999, according to a new poll.

Gov. Cuomo's proposed pension reform won the support of 68 percent in the Siena College survey - including a majority of union households - with 28 percent opposed.

Two thirds of respondents opposed pay raises for state lawmakers, 74 percent were against a salary increase for the governor and 78 percent said thumbs down to pay hikes for state agency commissioners.