Politics & Government
Question of the Day: Is 'Double-Dipping' Acceptable?
Tell us what you think about public employees who retire and collect a pension while being employed elsewhere.
What are your thoughts regarding workers who retire and receive full benefits from a county, state or local agency — and then take a full-time job somewhere else?
The website, www.stopnydoubledip.com, seeks to change the law that allows state employees to collect both a salary and a pension simultaneously.
Almost 2,000 state employees collected both salaries and pensions last year, according to the Albany Times Union, with 35 of them receiving more than $200,000 in combined compensation, a review of state records shows.
Former Northport-East Northport School Superintendent William Brosnan is one of those. Actually, Brosnan's compensation from Northport alone is more than $200,00 per year.
In any case, a year after retiring in 2006, he served as interim executive director at Eastern Suffolk BOCES and was named by the state as interim superintendent of the troubled Roosevelt School District by the state.
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Double-dipping is perfectly legal — those under the age of 65 must obtain a waiver from the state — but does it bother you anyway? Should there be a law against double-dipping in New York? Would you do it if you had the chance?
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