Cuomo on collision course with state comptroller over fossil fuel fight and pension fund

December 23, 2017

NY1

Zack Fink


With an eye on the environment, Gov. Andrew Cuomo would like to divest the state’s pension fund from fossil fuels. But Cuomo has no control over how public employee pensions are invested, setting him on a collision course with the man who does control New York’s investments: State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. State House Reporter Zack Fink has the story.

 

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