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 |
| Joseph C Zwiefel | Town of New Castle | $22,810.00 | 1938-01-17 | - |
| Louis Hoffis | City of Glens Falls | $16,291.17 | 1949-06-20 | - |
| James F Neary | Division of State Police | $25,140.33 | 1952-11-07 | - |
| Peter A Giammatteo | City of Schenectady | $21,774.21 | 1955-10-24 | - |
| Joseph J Benenati | Division of State Police | $17,496.97 | 1956-07-14 | - |
| Paul J Pysnack | Division of State Police | $22,014.31 | 1958-11-06 | - |
| John Loggins | Eastchester Fire Dist | $22,055.27 | 1959-02-15 | - |
| Francis T Coughlin | City of Kingston | $18,092.20 | 1960-06-05 | - |
| Wallace R Spelman | Division of State Police | $25,700.41 | 1960-08-15 | - |
| Howard Gmelch | Division Military & Naval Affairs | $46,781.28 | 1960-09-30 | 1950-05-31 |
| James A Moore | Division of State Police | $26,644.27 | 1960-11-11 | - |
| Peter J Calandro | Village of Scarsdale | $12,883.99 | 1960-12-31 | - |
| Vito J Castellano | Division Military & Naval Affairs | $45,229.97 | 1961-01-30 | 1945-12-31 |
| John R Donoghue | Division of State Police | $22,663.27 | 1961-04-14 | - |
| William F Crannell | City of Gloversville | $12,955.72 | 1961-08-28 | - |
| Arthur Mantone | Village of Ellenville | $20,919.37 | 1961-08-30 | 1946-08-31 |
| Robert J Oddi | City of Geneva | $18,477.47 | 1961-10-15 | - |
| Peter Cutignola | Town of Harrison | $19,505.81 | 1962-03-31 | - |
| Roy W St John | Division of State Police | $20,887.40 | 1962-04-27 | - |
| Lillian Ward | Rockland Psychiatric Ctr | $9,304.39 | 1962-04-30 | - |
| Frances E Young | Cornell University | $13,676.26 | 1962-06-30 | 1930-08-31 |
| John G Pizzarello | Town of Harrison | $19,779.22 | 1962-08-12 | - |
| Medrick M Chandler | Division of State Police | $22,376.45 | 1962-11-03 | - |
| Rudolph V Richichi | Division of State Police | $21,804.88 | 1963-02-15 | - |
| John D Schollard | Insurance Department | $11,804.22 | 1963-03-15 | - |
| William Stephens | Fishkill Corr Facility | $11,937.93 | 1963-04-18 | - |
| Thomas V Buon | Division of State Police | $20,980.99 | 1963-07-05 | - |
| Wincenty Natkanski | Watertown Corr Facility | $17,071.06 | 1963-08-23 | - |
| Robert A JR Ingersoll | Cornell University | $9,463.35 | 1963-08-31 | - |
| Harry B Nelson | Division of State Police | $22,721.28 | 1963-09-04 | - |
| Ron Al | City of Mount Vernon | $21,193.95 | 1963-12-18 | - |
| Philip Smith | Division of State Police | $24,272.59 | 1964-01-31 | - |
| Howard J Whitmarsh | Cornell University | $13,228.53 | 1964-02-05 | - |
| Richard G Norton | Division of State Police | $10,068.64 | 1964-03-27 | - |
| Mary Scott | Kingsboro Psych Ctr | $9,328.93 | 1964-06-30 | - |
| William E Tompkins | Division of State Police | $18,418.59 | 1964-07-17 | - |
| Vincent H Handy | Department of Health | $32,672.30 | 1964-07-17 | - |
| John Daniels | Office of The State Comptroller | $26,033.21 | 1964-07-31 | - |
| Robert R Bartlett | Division of State Police | $22,505.90 | 1964-07-31 | - |
| Rose G D'Antonio | Workers Compensation Board Bd | $17,468.43 | 1964-08-14 | - |
| Kathleen Cutlar | Cornell University | $22,595.53 | 1964-08-31 | - |
| Matteo C Delzio | Town of Harrison | $13,661.33 | 1964-09-01 | - |
| Edward J Santucci | City of Newburgh | $11,523.30 | 1964-09-11 | - |
| Daniel V Mediak | Division of State Police | $20,904.34 | 1964-10-23 | - |
| Richard A Di Stefano | Clinton Corr Facility | $17,475.32 | 1964-10-23 | - |
| Margaret W Kitley | Unemployment I | $11,335.13 | 1964-11-06 | - |
| M Catherine Morrison | Helen Hayes Hospital | $12,060.46 | 1964-12-31 | - |
| Chester E Slezak | Division of State Police | $29,449.14 | 1965-04-23 | - |
| Helen Fitch Burke | Craig Developmental Center | $17,823.76 | 1965-04-30 | - |
| Harvey A Hansen | Division of State Police | $17,654.23 | 1965-05-21 | - |
| M Alfhild Merritt | NYS Senate Regular Annual | $12,849.42 | 1965-05-31 | - |
| John P Alsten | Department of Health | $21,667.93 | 1965-05-31 | - |
| Clinton A Salmon | Division of State Police | $15,919.96 | 1965-06-18 | - |
| Nathaniel L Moore | City of White Plains | $14,354.38 | 1965-07-03 | - |
| Irwin M Hicks | Division of State Police | $18,188.90 | 1965-07-16 | - |
| Michael J Bergin | Division of State Police | $17,031.02 | 1965-07-16 | - |
| Frank A Daniele | City of New Rochelle | $22,302.48 | 1965-08-30 | - |
| Walter J Lawrence | Village of Sleepy Hollow | $11,741.01 | 1965-09-01 | - |
| Rose Vener | Department of Motor Vehicles | $32,341.68 | 1965-09-10 | - |
| Harry C Goater | City of Niagara Falls | $14,857.85 | 1965-09-14 | - |
| Mary S O Brien | Department of Agriculture & Markets | $21,073.68 | 1965-09-30 | 1938-10-04 |
| Robert E Powers | Division of State Police | $20,971.50 | 1965-10-08 | - |
| Angelo A Castaldo | City of Schenectady | $17,922.62 | 1965-10-12 | - |
| Nellie C Schneider | Newark Dev Ctr | $17,710.01 | 1965-10-31 | - |
| William C Chambers | Division of State Police | $18,539.36 | 1965-11-02 | - |
| Katherine M Cooper | Wassaic Dev Ctr | $10,730.73 | 1966-01-06 | - |
| Albert JR Edwards | City of Niagara Falls | $16,481.52 | 1966-01-16 | - |
| Edward F Monk | City of White Plains | $13,810.86 | 1966-02-01 | - |
| John M De Lee | City of White Plains | $15,853.48 | 1966-02-15 | - |
| Arthur H Ludwig | City of Cortland | $10,527.04 | 1966-02-18 | - |
| Lynn L JR King | Watertown Corr Facility | $23,314.89 | 1966-03-23 | - |
| Thomas B Mitchell | Village of Bronxville | $23,009.01 | 1966-04-08 | - |
| Angela R Nugent | Mental Hygiene | $9,755.52 | 1966-04-08 | - |
| Anthony J Del Ventura | Village of Sleepy Hollow | $16,417.02 | 1966-04-15 | - |
| Winola B Agnew | Craig Developmental Center | $14,702.82 | 1966-04-24 | - |
| William J Miranda | City of New Rochelle | $12,943.49 | 1966-05-17 | - |
| Eleanor T Hale | Bedford Hills Corr Facility | $13,174.95 | 1966-05-27 | - |
| Hans T Smetana | Division of State Police | $20,190.06 | 1966-06-10 | - |
| Anthony A Manzi | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $45,235.97 | 1966-06-27 | - |
| Carlo L Frappolli | Village of Seneca Falls | $10,515.32 | 1966-06-30 | - |
| Robert J Madden | Village of Dobbs Ferry | $13,613.15 | 1966-07-01 | - |
| Helen D Lee | Unemployment I | $11,889.18 | 1966-07-06 | - |
| Abbie P Wheeler | J N Adam Dev Ctr | $9,117.16 | 1966-07-08 | 1957-03-15 |
| Paul S Lattarulo | Port Authority of NY & NJ | $24,985.63 | 1966-07-25 | - |
| Mary Kathryn Rourke | Education Department | $28,431.89 | 1966-07-29 | - |
| Catherine G Firman | Education Department | $31,188.04 | 1966-07-31 | - |
| Courtland Swift | Westchester County | $13,683.69 | 1966-07-31 | - |
| Samuel P JR Griffith | Town of Bedford | $14,109.92 | 1966-07-31 | - |
| Robert A Kmetz | Westchester County | $15,206.86 | 1966-07-31 | - |
| William D Berry | Division of State Police | $33,277.77 | 1966-08-12 | - |
| John F Sellnow | Division of State Police | $19,233.87 | 1966-08-12 | - |
| Malvern J JR Harpell | Division of State Police | $19,512.47 | 1966-08-16 | - |
| Bernard G Belofsky | Division of State Police | $18,545.78 | 1966-08-31 | - |
| Elsie A Quinn | Pilgrim Psychiatric Ctr | $12,624.74 | 1966-08-31 | 1933-05-01 |
| Robert M Otto | City of Newburgh | $15,627.11 | 1966-09-01 | - |
| Barbara A Lyons | Fishkill Corr Facility | $19,400.92 | 1966-09-16 | - |
| Gerald G Gagnon | City of White Plains | $14,616.64 | 1966-09-30 | - |
| Stephen A Hogan | Division of State Police | $26,073.52 | 1966-10-03 | - |
| Marian E Perry | Unemployment I | $27,076.40 | 1966-10-07 | 1942-11-15 |
| Harold E Salmon | Division of State Police | $20,726.80 | 1966-11-18 | - |