The Pension Peril: NY Comptroller Scott Stringer Proposes Reforms | MetroFocus

Local and state governments across the country are facing tough choices when it comes to public workers' pensions. In New York City, where five different pension funds are now valued at nearly $150 billion, newly-elected Comptroller Scott Stringer is making reform a top priority. In connection with the reporting project The Pension Peril, MetroFocus host Rafael Pi Roman interviews Stringer about the pension funds and his proposed reforms. "People would assume I'm a big liberal Democrat. But I'm also a conservative when it comes to making sure that we provide for the retirement security of the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on their pension system. You know, it's not my money." Read more on the MetroFocus website: http://bit.ly/1cbx5wo