Public workers deserve real financial security Manhattan: The Tier 6 pension system has become an impediment to the recruitment and retention of public sector workers throughout our state. Public sector staffing shortages have reached crisis status, with employers at every level of government sounding the alarm that they can not recruit enough staff or encourage qualified individuals to stay in service. The state has lost nearly 17,000 employees due to attrition since 2021. And taxpayers are feeling the pain. As a result, according to New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, state government alone paid more than $1 billion in overtime...