City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz’s (D-Forest Hills) previous stint at City Hall is paying off — literally.
Filings with the city Conflicts of Interest Board show Koslowitz is collecting an at least $60,000 pension in addition to her $112,000 base salary.
Koslowitz, who represented the central Queens neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens in the City Council in the 1990s, was re-elected to a third term in 2013.
Her office noted she had worked for the pension and was entitled to collect it.
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Will she earn a second pension in her current gig? If she isn't double dipping then yes,she deserves to collect it.
Cut the pay of these do nothing politicians and hire some people who do real work to fix the damn potholes.
She has helped ruin Forest Hills/Kew Gardens/Rego Park.
She cannot earn a second pension.
She is not breaking a law. Many people over a certain age 'retire' then come back into the workforce.
Look at all the narcotics officers the District Attorney's use. Almost all are retired cops who know players and operations.
Just change the law if enough people do not like it.
Doesn't she also get $compensation as a Committee Chair, in addition to her salary?
She cannot earn a second pension.
She is not breaking a law. Many people over a certain age 'retire' then come back into the workforce.
Although, when one is a public employee, there is often a provision that if one is collecting a public pension and still wanted to work, one would have to work in private industry and not in another public position. This just doesn't look good because she's in effect doing the same job that she did from 1991-2001, and getting both her current salary (plus lulu) as well as her public pension.
Elected officials and retirees from NY Authorities, and retirees over a certain age (I think 62) are exempt and can collect a pension and city salary but cannot contribute to it.
Nice work if you can get it.
If she wanted a second career, she'd be a natural at McDonalds !
With all that dough of hers, you think she put up a homeless family?
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