Long Island's $3-billion pension tab
Long Island's governments, school districts and public agencies will be billed more than $3 billion to finance the pensions of public workers in the next two years, according to a Newsday analysis.
Here is how much each public entity is expected to contribute to the state's retirement systems. Many of the entities have to pay into more than one retirement system.
School districts, for example, have to pay into one system for teachers and administrators and another for clerical and other nonprofessional employees. (Read more)
| Location or entity | Retirement system | Contribution 2010 | Contribution 2011 | Projected contribution 2012 | Projected contribution 2013 | Percent change 2010 to 2013 |
| Boces-Nassau, Sole Sup Dist | Employees | $4,800,789.00 | $7,702,436.00 | $11,276,699.00 | $13,076,450.00 | 172.4% |
| Nassau Boces | Teachers | $5,281,256.41 | $7,708,648.49 | $9,944,156.55 | $10,739,689.08 | 103.4% |
| Nassau Co Interim Fin Auth | Employees | $48,239.00 | $76,034.00 | $117,538.00 | $122,562.00 | 154.1% |
| Nassau Co Voc Edu & Ext Bd | Employees | $239,778.00 | $386,883.00 | $523,799.00 | $593,646.00 | 147.6% |
| Nassau Community College schools | Teachers | $1,293,654.75 | $1,749,644.88 | $2,257,041.90 | $2,437,605.25 | 88.4% |
| Nassau County | Employees | $42,636,917.00 | $57,765,435.00 | $86,995,537.00 | $98,563,616.00 | 131.2% |
| Nassau County | Police/Fire | $52,554,987.00 | $56,346,678.00 | $70,293,536.00 | $92,223,647.00 | 75.5% |
| Nassau County Bridge Authority | Employees | $124,652.00 | $186,315.00 | $287,211.00 | $284,414.00 | 128.2% |
| Nassau County IDA | Employees | $58,357.00 | $63,677.00 | $94,526.00 | $52,841.00 | -9.5% |
| Nassau County Vocational Board schools | Teachers | $57,498.27 | $93,735.79 | $120,919.17 | $130,592.70 | 127.1% |
| Nassau Health Care Corp | Employees | $17,098,869.00 | $25,424,383.00 | $38,085,876.00 | $42,855,486.00 | 150.6% |
| Nassau Library System | Employees | $136,236.00 | $216,348.00 | $302,012.00 | $324,804.00 | 138.4% |
| Nassau OTB Corp | Employees | $851,658.00 | $1,265,653.00 | $1,945,941.00 | $2,013,948.00 | 136.5% |
| Nassau Soil, Water Cons District | Employees | $4,541.00 | $7,840.00 | $12,324.00 | $18,171.00 | 300.2% |
| Water Auth Of West Nassau Co | Employees | $239,445.00 | $405,430.00 | $599,296.00 | $633,515.00 | 164.6% |