ALBANY — The state Court of Appeals decided this month to not hear a case on whether a New York City police pension can keep the names of its recipients private, a lawyer in the case said.
The Empire Center For New York State Policy, an Albany-based conservative think tank, sued the New York City Police Pension Fund in 2010 after it refused to provide the names and pension amounts of its retirees.
The courts sided with the pension fund, and an appeal to the state’s highest court was rejected Feb. 14 because the Empire Center’s attorney missed the filing deadline.
The teachers retirement system covers about 145,000 retirees and nearly 300,000 active members.
The Empire Center has sought the police pension information for inclusion in its searchable online database of salaries and pensions, at www.SeeThroughNY.net.
He contended that the information is public, and the courts were misguided.
The current law excludes pension beneficiaries, such as spouses of pension recipients, from having their names released, but not the recipients, Freeman said.
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