{"id":319428,"date":"2026-08-12T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319428\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:00:14","slug":"ed-stop-using-retirees-as-new-york-citys-financial-backstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319428\/","title":{"rendered":"ed | Stop using retirees as New York City\u2019s financial backstop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every time New York City faces a financial challenge, the same people seem to end up paying the price: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/nyc-retirees-celebrate-legal-victory-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">retired public servants.<\/a>\u00a0The names change. The administrations change. The political rhetoric changes. But the playbook never does.<\/p>\n<p>When money gets tight, City Hall and labor leaders too often look to raid the funds created to protect retirees and workers, treating our safety net like a gold mine.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/law\/op-ed-retirees-nyc-financial-backstop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at amNY &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tOp-ed | Stop using retirees as New York City\u2019s financial backstop &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every time New York City faces a financial challenge, the same people seem to end up paying the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14927,120441,23338,2710,120442,9,24,55,54,56,76805,38610,3842,10315,14308,118285,120443,120444,120445,120446,82],"class_list":["post-319428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-city-budget","tag-health-insurance-stabilization-fund","tag-labor-unions","tag-law","tag-municipal-finances","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc-comptroller","tag-nyc-retirees","tag-oped","tag-pension-funds","tag-public-service-retirees","tag-public-employee-pensions","tag-retiree-health-benefits-trust","tag-retiree-healthcare","tag-retirement-security","tag-rhbt","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}