LI has most 6-figure pensioners in NY
Photo credit: James Carbone; Bruce Gilbert | The top 3 new pension earners on Long Island, (L-R) Suffolk County police Lt. Gerard Pelkofsky, ($169,593), Northport-East Northport Public Library official Eileen Minogue ($170,133) and Nassau County Detective Wayne Birdsall. ($184,319).
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426 LI state workers getting six-figure pensions
ALBANY -- Long Islanders dominate the list of non-teacher public employees in New York State who retired with six-figure pensions in 2011 and 2012, making up just over 50 percent of the total, according to state records.
Of the 426 retirees who received $100,000 pensions statewide during that time, Nassau had 121 and Suffolk had 93 -- most of them police officers. No other counties come close....
