MEMBERS MEET AND GREET WITH DINAPOLI

Western New York area CSEA members meet with NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at the Monroe County Democratic Headquarters in Rochester, N.Y. (photo by Courtney Brunelle)

Rochester, N.Y.--  State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli stopped in Rochester on Saturday morning, speaking to supporters at Monroe County’s Democratic headquarters.

DiNapoli, running for re-election against Republican Wall-Streeter Harry Wilson, spent a good portion of his speech discussing the state employee pension program, which has been given one of the highest ratings in the nation under his watch.

“The abuses that happened in the past, we have put a stop to that,” he said. “We have changed policies and procedures and personnel to make sure that what happened before will not happen again,” he said.

DiNapoli also noted that the average state employee pension is around $18,000 a year. “When you read a story of someone getting a much larger pension, that’s not the norm by any stretch,” he said.

Bess Watts, Monroe County Local President says our comptroller is doing a great job.  She added, "Tom will protect our pensions-- I can't say the same thing about his opponent."

From Rochester, DiNapoli headed to Syracuse for another campaign stop later this afternoon.