NEW YORK (AP/ 1010 WINS) -- A Long Island lawyer whose fat state retirement checks raised questions about public pension system abuses has agreed to give New York a $240,565 refund.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that Lawrence Reich improperly got himself listed as a full-time employee at five different Long Island school districts. Cuomo says the lawyer was in private practice and only worked for the districts occasionally.
Those job titles entitled him to a hefty pension.
Reich's retirement pay eventually drew the scrutiny of Newsday reporters.
After the newspaper wrote about the issue, the state began cracking down.
Cuomo's office says it has recovered $2 million from 70 people who received improper pensions.
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