Pension privacy case on top NY court’s docket
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ALBANY – Later this month, the state Court of Appeals will hear an appeal of a case on whether public pension information should be kept private.
The Empire Center for Public Policy has been in a legal battle for years with several public pension systems after lower courts ruled starting in 2011 that the names of pensioners do not need to be made public.
The fiscally conservative think tank in Albany won the right to argue the case before the state’s highest court last June after an appeals court in Albany ruled in February 2013 to keep private the details of teachers’ pensions.
Timothy Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center, said the ultimate decision by the Court of Appeals, which is scheduled to hear the case March 26, would have a significant impact on what pension information is made public.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2014/03/16/new-york-pensions-privacy-court-appeals/6501775/
