Mayor Miccio calls for pension reform

Fishkill Village Mayor / Dutchess County Legislator Miccio. Calls for pension reform. He is currently employed by the City of New York in their Department of Environmental Protection as a Section Chief for Environmental, Health and Safety Training.


March 2, 2012
Assemblyman Joel M. Miller
3 Neptune Road, Suite A19F
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Dear Assemblyman Miller:

As the Mayor of the Village of Fishkill in your district, I urge you to consider the needs of our constituents and pass Governor Cuomo’s pension reform proposal.Reducing the cost of pension benefits is essential to preventing higher taxes for our residents and avoiding drastic cuts to vital local services. For years, special interest groups have successfully been obstacles to achieving real reform. We cannot afford to let that happen again this year. We urge you to stand up for the needs of the taxpayers and vote to reform the State’s pension system.The increasing un-sustainability of New York State’s pension system has already placed a heavy burden on our budget and our taxpayers. Without significant reform now, this problem will soon become a crisis for the Village of Fishkill and all other communities in this state. Under the Governor’s plan, the Village of Fishkill would save $1,373,491over the next thirty years, and not a single current employee would see any change in their pension benefits. Only future employees would be asked to contribute a little bit more to ensure that we can afford to deliver the benefits we are promising to our workers.The Village of Fishkill and our taxpayers are hoping we can count on you to provide the relief we so desperately need by passing meaningful pension reform as part of the State
Budget.

Sincerely,

James J. Miccio,

Mayor Village of Fishkill

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March 2, 2012
State Senator Stephen Saland
Neptune Road, Suite A19B
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Dear Senator Saland:

As the Mayor of the Village of Fishkill in your district, I urge you to consider the needs of our constituents and pass Governor Cuomo’s pension reform proposal.Reducing the cost of pension benefits is essential to preventing higher taxes for our residents and avoiding drastic cuts to vital local services. For years, special interest groups have successfully been obstacles to achieving real reform. We cannot afford to let that happen again this year. We urge you to stand up for the needs of the taxpayers and vote to reform the State’s pension system.The increasing un-sustainability of New York State’s pension system has already placed a heavy burden on our budget and our taxpayers. Without significant reform now, this problem will soon become a crisis for the Village of Fishkill and all other communities in this state. Under the Governor’s plan, the Village of Fishkill would save $1,373,491over the next thirty years, and not a single current employee would see any change in their pension benefits. Only future employees would be asked to contribute a little bit more to ensure that we can afford to deliver the benefits we are promising to our workers.The Village of Fishkill and our taxpayers are hoping we can count on you to provide the relief we so desperately need by passing meaningful pension reform as part of the State Budget.

Sincerely,

James J. Miccio,

Mayor Village of Fishkill