Cuomo to Propose Changes to New York State Pension System

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Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will propose a bill within days that would lower the amount New York state and its local governments will pay in pension costs for future employees.

“We can’t afford the public pension system we have in this state, period,” Cuomo, a Democrat, said today in a briefing for reporters in Hempstead on Long Island.