48 New York workers got more than $200k in salary, pension

[TexasTowelie]

ALBANY - The number of state workers who earned a salary and a pension last year plummeted 44 percent, but there were still 48 people who raked in more than $200,000 from double dipping, state records show.

The number of so-called double dippers dropped from 2,636 in 2015 to 1,830 last year. The number peaked at 2,800 in 2013, the annual review of the data by the USA Today Network's Albany Bureau found.

There were also 24 state workers whose pension and pay each topped the $100,000 mark, according to the state Comptroller's Office records obtained under a Freedom of Information request.

Additionally, nearly 300 state workers had a combined salary and pension of $100,000 or more.

Read more: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/06/30/list-48-ny-workers-got-more-than-200k-salary-pension/103322222/

[Not Ruth]

1. A LOT more than 48 according to this site

Have a look at the second one down.

http://www.seethroughny.net/payrolls

[Not Ruth]

2. Kwang Choi for example

Rate of pay was $70k a year, but made over 4x that in 2016.

[Not Ruth]

3. Dallas Bazemore III

$48 an hour, made over $300k

[TexasTowelie]

6. It's possible if it is some time of IT person

working 75 hours a week or more. I've done that and after about three months of working that much it was too much for me. However, somebody younger and more ambitious might be willing to put up with it.

It also didn't work out well for the boss of my company working that hard either. She was 60, working 80 hours a week and taking tequila shots at parties before she had a stroke.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Does that also include the people receiving pensions?

I can understand why there are employees in New York making more than $200K per year because of the high cost of living and if they are managing large departments or work professional occupations. It's the issue of double-dipping that appears to be the topic of the article. Double-dipping has bad effects in that those people getting paid twice for the same work, but they also keep younger workers from rising within the ranks through promotions.

[Not Ruth]

5. No idea