CUOMO, IN ROCKLAND, TOUTS PENSION REFORM BILL by Ken Mahoney

CUOMO, IN ROCKLAND, TOUTS PENSION REFORM BILL by Ken Mahoney

New York’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, came to Rockland yesterday to promote a state pension reform bill. Speaking to reporters at Ramapo Town Hall, Cuomo said the measure would protect both the dwindling pension fund and the state’s taxpayers. The bill would, among other things, increase the number of fund overseers from the current one trustee to a 13-member board of financial advisors. And it would ban political contributors to the State Comptroller from doing business with the Comptroller’s office. Cuomo is viewed as a potential front-runner among Democrats expected to seek the party’s nod for Governor next year