Around the country, despite an improving economy, state and local governments are struggling to balance budgets and have taken aim at public employee pensions.

Although New York has well-funded and well-protected public pension plans, this national pressure, and the upcoming referendum on a state Constitutional Convention—which carries the threat of stripping safeguards against unfair impairment—will likely bring renewed attention to the level of benefits and the legal protections public employees possess.

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