Government pensions in New York

Not counting New York City, 410,677 former state and local government workers in New York received nearly $10.7 billion in pensions from the state.

Nov. 22, 2017 3:41 PM

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There are 410,677 former state and local government workers in New York, not counting New York City, who received a total of nearly $10.7 billion in pensions from the state in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, according to data from the state comptroller obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Law. Nassau and Suffolk counties have the most former employees drawing a pension and account for the largest total amount of pension payments in the state system.

This database is based on former employees receiving payment under the New York State and Local Retirement System and as such does not include most part-time or seasonal employees who would not be eligible for pensions.

You can search and sort within this list of individuals, which is ranked now from highest- to lowest-paid for the most recent fiscal year, which ended on March 31. Or you can search a related database of 3,387 governmental units in New York State. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 8, 2018.

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Name	Employer name	Amount	Date	Fiscal year	Pension group
Name SCHABOT, WILLIAM R	Employer name Town of Stockport	Amount $315.80	Date 05/19/1994	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, CYNTHIA L	Employer name Syracuse City School Dist	Amount $315.34	Date 08/14/2012	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRZEGORSKI, SUDIE B	Employer name Nassau County	Amount $302.15	Date 04/01/1994	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMBROSIE, SUSAN	Employer name BOCES-Cayuga Onondaga	Amount $301.89	Date 08/24/2011	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DWAILEEBE, DARCY J	Employer name Cattaraugus County	Amount $303.72	Date 04/25/2012	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, BERNICE L	Employer name NY Institute Special Education	Amount $300.76	Date 02/01/1987	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIERCE, DONALD I	Employer name Village of Sidney	Amount $297.80	Date 11/01/1991	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MURRAY, DOROTHY M	Employer name Hamburg CSD	Amount $301.84	Date 12/01/1993	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CALLAGHAN, GLADYS	Employer name Town of Stony Point	Amount $301.84	Date 01/01/2015	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GLENN, JOHN W, JR	Employer name Erie County	Amount $291.84	Date 03/01/1999	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUNEO, VICTOR N, JR	Employer name Huntington UFSD #3	Amount $292.88	Date 02/03/1989	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAC DONALD, ROBERT W	Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse	Amount $293.88	Date 12/05/2005	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CROCKER, LOUIS H	Employer name Town of Le Roy	Amount $293.88	Date 11/09/1999	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCGREGOR, DOUGLAS D	Employer name Cornell University	Amount $287.24	Date 12/31/2010	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PEZDEK, MARY	Employer name City of Cohoes	Amount $288.44	Date 01/25/2009	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREDETTE, WILLIAM J	Employer name Town of Waterford	Amount $287.88	Date 08/14/2004	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLS, EDWARD L	Employer name Cornell University	Amount $284.80	Date 05/01/2015	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOWNSEND, DARWIN W	Employer name Town of Salem	Amount $285.35	Date 08/14/2006	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURKE, NOEL T	Employer name Erie County	Amount $285.88	Date 09/16/2001	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GOVERN, KEVIN G	Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus	Amount $277.14	Date 01/20/2005	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LINTS, KATHLEEN S	Employer name Oxford CSD	Amount $284.76	Date 09/27/2006	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GRATH, THOMAS E	Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD	Amount $281.12	Date 03/07/2012	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POWERS, JERRY K	Employer name St Lawrence County	Amount $282.48	Date 12/12/2008	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILDE, HARRISON	Employer name Town of Hannibal	Amount $277.05	Date 07/01/2006	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, WARREN T	Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn	Amount $273.49	Date 11/12/2010	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARONZA, CAROLE A	Employer name Mahopac CSD	Amount $264.84	Date 11/08/2009	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FISCHER, GERALD A	Employer name Alden CSD	Amount $262.08	Date 11/01/1992	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YARNES, GEORGE E	Employer name SUNY Binghamton	Amount $269.07	Date 07/01/2010	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREENBERG, NEWTON I	Employer name SUNY Binghamton	Amount $267.20	Date 12/04/2012	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POLLACK, BETTY	Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center	Amount $252.00	Date 10/01/1985	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALLEN, GARY A	Employer name Children & Family Services	Amount $258.33	Date 11/25/2010	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELDRIDGE, KENNETH K	Employer name Village of Portville	Amount $256.20	Date 05/11/1983	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASCIANO, DONALD J	Employer name BOCES-Erie 1st Sup District	Amount $235.21	Date 05/26/2010	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LONG, JOHN R	Employer name Dept Ag & Markets-Vet Payroll	Amount $224.92	Date 10/21/2004	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ENSLOW, DOROTHY B	Employer name St Lawrence County	Amount $238.16	Date 03/01/1987	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CULLEN, ROGER E	Employer name Cornell University	Amount $236.59	Date 03/07/2008	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROTZMAN, LYNN E	Employer name Canisteo CSD	Amount $211.32	Date 06/01/1996	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name D'ANGELO, GAETANO	Employer name SUNY Stony Brook	Amount $224.20	Date 12/10/1999	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name UTTER, ROBERT G	Employer name Delaware County	Amount $222.75	Date 12/18/1990	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEARNS, ROBERTA A	Employer name Town of Villenova	Amount $193.36	Date 05/09/1991	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAHAM, EDWARD G	Employer name Spencerport CSD	Amount $188.09	Date 08/29/2011	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLMES, ELLEN L	Employer name City of Syracuse	Amount $198.08	Date 11/12/1996	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRIS, JOAN	Employer name Town of Thurman	Amount $207.71	Date 09/15/2011	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEARNS, VICTORIA B	Employer name Erie County	Amount $178.32	Date 02/05/2005	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARNABA, EUGENIA M	Employer name Cornell University	Amount $177.66	Date 07/01/2006	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZYGMUNT, JOHN E	Employer name Town of Whitestown	Amount $166.54	Date 03/27/1995	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARGENTINE, ROSE P	Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse	Amount $150.95	Date 10/05/2006	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHNEIDER, JEAN M	Employer name Saugerties CSD	Amount $164.32	Date 04/21/2004	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEFFERNAN, CORNELIUS J	Employer name City of Albany	Amount $161.90	Date 05/15/2009	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNGERS, KATHLEEN A	Employer name Wyoming County	Amount $118.93	Date 09/17/1996	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLD, MERLE E	Employer name Cornell University	Amount $118.84	Date 04/01/1988	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EVANS, MYRON E	Employer name Town of Winfield	Amount $141.00	Date 03/01/1998	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANEARDEN, WILBUR J	Employer name Town of French Creek	Amount $134.04	Date 12/31/1994	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAMBLE, ROBERT M	Employer name Town of Middlefield	Amount $84.04	Date 08/17/2011	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEIMAN, MELVIN M	Employer name SUNY Binghamton	Amount $117.96	Date 09/01/1997	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINNERTY, G RICHARD	Employer name Village of Waterloo	Amount $95.40	Date 05/24/1993	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KELLY, MICHAEL D	Employer name SUNY Stony Brook	Amount $80.56	Date 02/05/2001	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LO GIUDICE, SUSAN L	Employer name Hamburg CSD	Amount $70.27	Date 11/08/2009	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREENBERGER, JUDITH M	Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp.	Amount $63.71	Date 08/22/2011	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOODMAN, PAUL S	Employer name SUNY Buffalo	Amount $53.40	Date 06/05/2015	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BULL, ROBERT V	Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse	Amount $42.68	Date 10/13/1996	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KIBBE, GEORGE W	Employer name Town of Urbana	Amount $40.56	Date 02/01/1996	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MENDELL, NANCY R	Employer name SUNY Stony Brook	Amount $31.11	Date 06/12/2014	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KIRKWOOD, PORTER, JR	Employer name Nassau County	Amount $19.00	Date 09/01/1998	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KUNCIO, SUSAN M	Employer name City of Auburn	Amount $13.64	Date 06/07/2010	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALBRECHT, ANTHONY M	Employer name Central NY Psych Center	Amount $0.03	Date 07/11/2013	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHRISTIAN, LENORE	Employer name Central NY Psych Center	Amount $0.17	Date 10/04/2013	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REPPERT, GRADEN C	Employer name Southport Correction Facility	Amount $0.09	Date 09/24/2015	Fiscal year 2016-2017	Pension group Employee Retirement System

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