Three "Officers of the Court" Caught Being Greedy

DiNapoli pulls 3 from retirement system
The Albany Times Union by RICK KARLIN, Staff writer - May 7, 2008

ALBANY -- State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli today said he has pulled three lawyers out of the state retirement system and rescinded credit from two other lawyers and an accountant. Included in the list is at least one lawyer with close ties to the Pataki Administration; Public Service Commissioner Maureen Harris who had her credits rescinded. She was appointed to the PSC by Pataki and is a sister to Pataki's former counsel, Mike Finnegan. Harris had briefly worked for Albany's Girvin & Ferlazzo law firm and was among the lawyers with credits for work at the Hamilton Fulton Montgomery BOCES. DiNapoli and AG Andrew Cuomo have said that the BOCES lawyers should be considered independent contractors, not employees, and therefore not eligible for pension credits.