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Over time, they gained some allies — and interested parties.
The reforms, known as Tier 6, slashed pension benefits for public employees hired after April 2012 and raised their retirement age to 63, up from 55 for teachers and 62 for other civil servants.
Fast-forward: more than half of public employees in New York now belong to Tier 6, according to the state Comptroller’s office.
So too are roughly a third of lawmakers currently serving in the state legislature, according to a list that THE CITY obtained from the state comptroller’s office via a public records request.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82, with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon and a slight chance of thunderstorms at night.
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In Brooklyn, no B trains between Kings Highway and Brighton Beach from 9:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
The City Council is pushing to overhaul how people jailed on Rikers Island cast their votes. Just 335 of roughly 6,000 eligible detainees cast absentee ballots in the last general election.
Trump administration officials took a victory lap Tuesday in Brooklyn to celebrate a natural gas pipeline that would serve customers in New York City and Long Island. But Gov. Kathy Hochul, whose environmental agency greenlit a key permit for the pipeline after three previous rejections, was a no-show at the event.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Wednesday, April 15: Romanian-Hungarian jazz singer Stephanie Semeniuc and pianist Juan Felipe Pulido perform a jazz concert at the Consulate General of Hungary. Free, at 6:00 p.m. Reserve a spot here.
Wednesday, April 15: Author Saul Austerlitz moderates a panel discussion with writers, organizers, and elected leaders exploring the sparks that turn private alarm into public action at the Center for Brooklyn History. Free, at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 16: The new winners of the Whiting Awards, given annually to 10 emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, will read from their work at Books Are Magic. Free, at 7:00 p.m. Reserve a spot here.
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