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DiNapoli Offers How-To Guide On Padding State Pensions

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On the comptroller's website, under the heading "Maximizing Your Benefits," Thomas DiNapoli provides "tips" for government employees to pad their pension by stockpiling vacation and sick time, or working overtime and holidays.

You Paid for It: Dead Children Received State Aid

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The state made more than $214,000 in improper payments to the adoptive parents of hard-to-place and handicapped children who had either died or were too old to receive aid, according to an audit released Thursday by the state Comptroller's office.

You Paid For It: Tracking the Stimulus Money

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Based on information provided by the federal government, it appears the stimulus funding is not evenly spread out across New York State, when analyzed by population.