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New Emergency Pension Relief law<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

To the Editor:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>With all the various media outlets that we rely on for the news, it is often the case that important news gets lost in the mix.\u00a0 On March 11, 2021, the president signed the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Relief Act of 2021.\u00a0 This act offers a helping hand to those who have had their pensions reduced or cut off through no fault of their own.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Butch Lewis Act has the endorsement of the Teamsters Union, the United Steelworkers Union, the IBEW, and AARP.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TONY DiCARLO<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Venice, FL<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Questions endorsement\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0choices<\/b><\/h3>\n

To the Editor:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 I would think that you wouldn\u2019t want someone like Hochul as our governor.\u202f Why keep going down this same path, letting criminals back out on the streets to commit more evil?\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t you people see how bad the economy is?\u00a0 I just don’t understand why you keep wanting these evil doers in our government.\u202f\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SUE PETT<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Schenectady<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note:<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0 The PEF Political Action Committees in every one of the union\u2019s 12 regions and the PEF statewide PAC recommended the Hochul endorsement.\u00a0 It was passed without dissent by the PEF Executive Board.\u00a0 The union supports her for governor because of the way she responded to PEF\u2019s issues and arguments, especially regarding funding for state services and employees in the current state budget.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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