Public pensions in the Hudson Valley
Here are the annual pensions paid to state and local government retirees, school support staff and custodians for the fiscal year that ended in March 2011. This list focuses on Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess and Ulster counties, although it also includes statewide agencies, data from some surrounding counties and miscellaneous government bodies in New York. It does not include teachers and school administrators, New York City police, and firefighters.
Here is a list of all pension payments statewide.
The information was compiled by The Empire Center for New York State Policy, an arm of the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and was based on the Employee Retirement System, the largest in the state. Pension benefits provided through ERS are not subject to state and local taxes. Retirees also receive annual cost-of-living increases if they are 62 and have been retired five years or if they are 55 and have been retired 10 years.
| Employee | Employer | Annual pension | Date of retirement | Start date |
| George M Philip | NYS Teachers Retirement System | $261,036.60 | 2003-11-06 | 1965-08-31 |
| Edward A Stolzenberg | Westchester Health Care Corp | $222,359.00 | 2000-01-23 | 1976-06-03 |
| Cheryl H Schatmeyer | Westchester Health Care Corp | $215,626.00 | 1999-05-11 | 1962-10-30 |
| Youcef M Rustum | Roswell Park Cancer Institute | $203,101.83 | 2004-01-04 | 1966-08-31 |
| Louis A Echavarria | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $196,767.74 | 2005-01-23 | 1968-02-27 |
| Robert A Hiney | NYS Power Authority | $190,820.51 | 2001-12-14 | 1964-10-13 |
| Priscilla J Southon | New York Public Library | $188,846.81 | 2004-03-31 | 1963-03-19 |
| Philip W Wood | SUNY Central Admin | $186,295.16 | 2006-12-17 | 1966-04-10 |
| Mary C Conwell | New York Public Library | $185,155.00 | 2000-08-20 | 1962-08-21 |
| Joseph J Seymour | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $183,902.43 | 2000-10-22 | 1963-11-30 |
| Michael P Brogan | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $180,293.45 | 2001-07-08 | 1973-02-06 |
| Patrick J Mc Mahon | City of Yonkers | $179,316.37 | 2005-01-22 | 1969-04-22 |
| Gerardo Gizzo | Westchester County | $176,133.26 | 2006-05-06 | 1983-05-03 |
| Gerald T Curtis | City of Yonkers | $175,172.09 | 2002-12-30 | 1960-09-08 |
| Frederick B Miller | Westchester Health Care Corp | $174,205.00 | 2000-10-31 | 1969-06-28 |
| William J Corrigan | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $173,102.00 | 1999-05-09 | 1967-07-25 |
| Michael J Podolak | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $169,014.01 | 1999-03-21 | 1967-03-09 |
| Kevin E Scully | City of Yonkers | $167,227.56 | 2004-07-17 | 1975-03-29 |
| Michael R Murphy | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $166,032.00 | 1999-07-05 | 1969-07-08 |
| William E Doubraski | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $165,859.00 | 1999-01-18 | 1969-01-28 |
| John D Rienzie | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $165,624.06 | 2003-01-26 | 1974-11-30 |
| Kevin Hassett | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $165,352.00 | 1999-07-05 | 1969-07-08 |
| Edward J Barrett | City of Yonkers | $165,302.17 | 2006-02-04 | 1975-03-29 |
| Jeffrey S Green | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $164,698.00 | 2000-10-01 | 1962-06-11 |
| Carmine J Clemente | NYS Power Authority | $163,040.35 | 2003-06-25 | 1958-06-15 |
| Thomas M Purtill | Town of Clarkstown | $162,614.12 | 2005-03-30 | 1971-09-28 |
| William T III Sherwood | Town of Clarkstown | $162,433.00 | 2000-05-27 | 1968-04-16 |
| Daniel C Murphy | City of Yonkers | $161,890.59 | 2002-01-11 | 1969-05-13 |
| Robert W Pufahl | City of Yonkers | $161,450.54 | 2003-01-11 | 1963-05-18 |
| Robert A Pilholski | City of Yonkers | $159,306.65 | 2004-09-03 | 1975-03-29 |
| Richard J Muller | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $159,300.00 | 1999-01-03 | 1966-01-04 |
| James J Doherty | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $159,061.62 | 1999-02-28 | 1969-07-08 |
| Mark F Winslow | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $158,698.26 | 1999-01-30 | 1969-06-27 |
| Peter Danchuk | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $158,490.94 | 2002-08-25 | 1972-09-26 |
| Robert E Baker | City of Yonkers | $158,128.13 | 2002-06-29 | 1973-09-29 |
| Peter L Rinaldi | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $157,780.44 | 2006-09-16 | 1966-04-30 |
| Paul Dante Segalini | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $157,607.49 | 2003-06-29 | 1959-02-03 |
| Kevin J Tighe | City of Yonkers | $156,304.51 | 2005-01-02 | 1979-05-08 |
| Anthony P Parlato | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $155,612.00 | 1999-01-17 | 1967-01-24 |
| Walter J Schoonmaker | Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | $155,264.34 | 2005-10-01 | 1955-07-31 |
| Alexandra Altman | Battery Park City Authority | $154,430.90 | 2006-10-29 | 1979-07-21 |
| John A Conroy | City of Yonkers | $154,312.24 | 2004-01-24 | 1969-09-06 |
| Salvatore J Di Maggio | City of Yonkers | $153,290.68 | 2006-01-07 | 1971-11-06 |
| James J Regan | City of Yonkers | $153,276.14 | 2004-10-30 | 1973-05-22 |
| Thomas H Hoey | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $153,244.72 | 2006-01-15 | 1982-02-24 |
| William E Maher | City of Yonkers | $152,916.54 | 2006-01-21 | 1975-03-29 |
| Francis J JR Messar | City of Yonkers | $152,581.20 | 2002-06-01 | 1962-09-08 |
| Richard F Herbek | Village of Croton-On-Hudson | $152,262.58 | 2004-03-27 | 1959-03-31 |
| Kenneth I Shifrin | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $151,622.45 | 1999-04-19 | 1969-01-28 |
| Robert C JR Day | City of Yonkers | $151,170.27 | 2004-05-15 | 1975-03-29 |
| John M Kiernan | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $151,141.00 | 1999-09-26 | 1968-05-28 |
| Joseph Fisch | Office NYS Inspector General | $150,718.78 | 2006-12-30 | 1958-03-21 |
| Mario S Mirabella | City of Yonkers | $150,349.12 | 2004-01-24 | 1968-06-29 |
| Robert C Sbarra | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $150,110.42 | 2007-01-24 | 1966-08-09 |
| Edward J Dowling | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $149,839.94 | 1999-02-14 | 1968-05-07 |
| Frank J Gato | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $149,527.83 | 2003-01-25 | 1967-06-22 |
| David W Trancynger | City of Yonkers | $149,430.90 | 2002-03-23 | 1971-05-19 |
| William Mc Cauley | Fairview Fire District | $148,912.78 | 2005-12-30 | 1975-01-21 |
| Joseph J Carline | NYS Power Authority | $147,322.68 | 2005-04-30 | 1968-03-30 |
| Michael P Florie | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $146,485.80 | 2005-08-07 | 1982-06-22 |
| Kenneth H Hojnowski | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $146,176.32 | 1999-03-28 | 1969-06-28 |
| Paul P Dotzler | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $146,029.00 | 1999-01-17 | 1968-06-18 |
| Stclair N Jeffers | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $145,300.61 | 1999-08-15 | 1969-01-28 |
| Anthony G Cracchiolo | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $145,223.34 | 2002-01-06 | 1966-06-15 |
| Richard J JR Capraro | City of Yonkers | $145,220.05 | 2004-01-12 | 1983-08-27 |
| George C Robinson | City of Yonkers | $144,926.08 | 2002-02-23 | 1971-06-19 |
| Eugene J Drain | City of Yonkers | $144,919.18 | 2006-01-07 | 1969-09-06 |
| Sally Gertrude Peacock | Town of Carmel | $144,784.72 | 2002-08-30 | 1941-04-10 |
| Joseph J Leather | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $144,317.81 | 2006-07-09 | 1976-02-10 |
| Stephen N Scaramuzzo | City of Yonkers | $144,155.33 | 2003-01-11 | 1975-03-29 |
| Charles I Lipsky | NYS Power Authority | $143,394.42 | 2002-06-15 | 1965-11-13 |
| Joe B Wesley | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $143,164.00 | 1999-01-07 | 1968-05-28 |
| James Mac Whirter | Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission | $142,976.20 | 2005-09-29 | 1973-02-15 |
| Robert M Caron | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $142,052.00 | 2000-04-29 | 1966-01-04 |
| Robert L Bechner | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $141,965.00 | 1999-01-17 | 1969-01-28 |
| Julius Berger | SUNY Health Sci Ctr Brooklyn | $141,627.55 | 2002-02-02 | 1965-06-30 |
| Bruce D Bohlen | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $141,122.00 | 2000-08-20 | 1962-10-16 |
| Walter P JR Moray | City of Yonkers | $140,943.52 | 2002-01-26 | 1966-01-08 |
| Thomas M Micelli | Rockland County | $140,922.36 | 2006-12-27 | 1967-04-04 |
| Donald G Dunn | SUNY Central Admin | $140,623.00 | 1998-12-30 | 1991-12-31 |
| Nicholas J Kowana | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $140,388.28 | 2006-01-16 | 1983-02-08 |
| Eugene P Mc Mahon | NY Institute Special Education | $140,267.50 | 2003-06-29 | 1966-10-28 |
| Michael M Mc Garry | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $140,255.94 | 1999-07-12 | 1964-10-13 |
| H Kenneth Haase | NYS Power Authority | $140,019.00 | 2000-12-03 | 1966-02-01 |
| Warren A Hodges | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $139,874.11 | 2006-01-19 | 1974-03-19 |
| Richard B Keith | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $139,840.07 | 2003-05-30 | 1976-10-19 |
| Terence F Sullivan | Town of Orangetown | $139,798.00 | 2002-05-30 | 1968-05-07 |
| Alfred Graser | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $139,710.36 | 2004-02-01 | 1965-05-12 |
| John J Gorman | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $139,650.01 | 2006-01-15 | 1978-03-28 |
| Gregory F Meehan | Westchester Health Care Corp | $139,385.52 | 2005-05-01 | 1973-07-31 |
| Wilfred Barriere | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $139,127.39 | 1999-02-13 | 1967-08-08 |
| Donald G Foley | City of Yonkers | $138,756.78 | 2003-01-25 | 1975-09-19 |
| Michael P Fabrizio | City of Yonkers | $138,577.54 | 2006-01-21 | 1965-11-02 |
| John Boyce | SUNY Health Sci Ctr Brooklyn | $138,515.00 | 1998-06-30 | 1963-06-30 |
| John M Mc Devitt | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $138,485.88 | 2005-01-28 | 1970-12-01 |
| Lawrence A Johansen | NYS Teachers Retirement System | $138,418.82 | 2006-02-17 | 1969-02-07 |
| John A Hoffman | City of Yonkers | $138,085.66 | 2003-05-31 | 1971-05-15 |
| James J Smyth | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $137,650.00 | 1999-01-17 | 1968-08-20 |
| Frank Maley | Department of Health | $137,563.59 | 2003-04-23 | 1954-01-29 |
| Ronald A Willoughby | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $137,524.00 | 2001-02-26 | 1970-05-19 |