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When rhetoric attempts to trump reality: why a constitutional convention would not take away public employee rights

OCTOBER 31, 2017 | by Peter Galie, Christopher Bopst | ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE

By Peter Galie and Christopher Bopst, includes “… In light of these facts, we pose the following questions: Do you believe delegates to a New York ConCon would vote to eliminate pensions for public sector workers in New York? Do you believe voters in New York would approved [sic] such a measure? We do not. New York State needs real constitutional reform — even opponents of a convention concede that much. To hold that reform hostage to a phantom danger to public employees is to deny the good sense and common decency of New Yorkers and do a disservice to the future of our state.”

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