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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:00 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:47
ALBANY — Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is poised to announce today that he is broadening his probe into alleged abuses of the state pension fund to include not just school districts, but towns and villages as well.
Cuomo already was looking into how some school districts have put outside contractors, particularly lawyers, into the state retirement system.
That’s allowed some attorneys to rack up significant retirement credits, which Cuomo said could be illegal because, in his estimation, these outside lawyers aren’t employees.
Now, Cuomo is turning his attention to local governments, which, like many school districts, also use lawyers on a retainer or contract basis.