Submitted by PyrokineticZulu t3_z7amo6 in nyc
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iy7pqkd wrote
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My cousin got to handle punks for 20 years and now has a $100,000 + pension at 54. That's not my idea of a life well spent but he's laughing at you from his apartment in Northern Florida (and appreciates your taxes going to support his lifestyle). Ironically his "NY pied-a-terre" is in Maspeth, and he drinks at O'Neils (referenced in the article) in the summer and autumn months before he decamps for the winter on the Gulf Coast. He's laughing at you.
CercleRouge t1_iy8e9ok wrote
Holy shit, Northern Florida! I can only dream of such luxuries. 😂 Where’s your mom, out of curiosity?
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iy8huhf wrote
Just as some people wouldn't live in Northern Fla (myself included), some people wouldn't live in Seattle, Minneapolis, St Louis or NYC. My cousin kept his property in NYC- he just doesn't live there long enough to be on the hook for taxes.
Anyway...The location isn't the point. The point is that he's living tax free on a sweet pension and you're paying for it.
PyrokineticZulu OP t1_iy8we3u wrote
What?
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iy8y2ys wrote
Cops with a line of duty disability pension have their pension calculated at the last 3 years of service, including OT. Generally, accidental disability benefits are three-quarters of the retiring officer's annual salary and are non-taxable. Your George Floyd riots really spiked OT, so he's making over $100,000 tax free in a state with no income tax. in his early 50's, actuarial tables show that he's collecting for around 20 years more.
You and I- the NYC taxpayer- suffer loss of services when the pension tab is so high. A blue collar schmo from Nassau county snorting at the trough. He 's laughing at you. Trust me.
blarghgh_lkwd t1_iy7srf9 wrote
Maybe but he's the one living in northern florida so I can laugh at him too
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iy7z0b1 wrote
He's happy there. You probably have room-mates and live in Bushwick, and I suspect aren't happy. He's also getting paid by you. You're not getting paid by him. He pays no taxes in Fla and his NYPD pension is exempt.
He's laughing at you.
EzNotReal t1_iyaop8b wrote
Wait sorry I didn’t get that, is he laughing?
blarghgh_lkwd t1_iyb7g42 wrote
I live in Windsor Terrace and depending on what products he purchases there's a pretty good chance I am in fact getting paid by him, just as indirectly and minutely as he's getting paid by me, and I'm still laughing at him for deciding to live in northern Florida.
So I guess we're both a couple of happy laughing guys getting paid
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iyci5qy wrote
Products? Cigars, beer and meat bought in Florida or Maspeth? That's a stretch, but you can tell yourself that.
My family -his grandparents and mine- are from there and took the sacraments at IHM on E3 and Ft Ham. My parents were married there. Grandpa drank at Farrell's; Denny's on McDonald occasionally, too. Our dads and uncles do and did. My brothers and cousins do and did an soon my kids will. Not that Farrell's is anything special, mind, but something tells me that you wouldn't fit in there. That's why we still stop by. No transplants.
blarghgh_lkwd t1_iycndzt wrote
Well that is all just an extremely cool story bro
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iycpvvl wrote
It's real and authentic, unlike the nerds walking their dogs on 9th Avenue while wearing their Brooklyn t-shirts.
So tell me... Where do you knock them back? Someplace with fruity lambecs and IPAs?
blarghgh_lkwd t1_iycrxx0 wrote
You are certainly a smart and interesting person with a valuable perspective.
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_iycxwfx wrote
You are certainly a smug transplant who wears Brooklyn shirts but doesn't know anyone who was raised there. Worse, you look down on those who were.
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