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State of Rhode Island, Office of the General Treasurer , James A. Diossa, General Treasurer

Record of Testimony

  • Gary Harnois
    2023-12-15

    Good afternoon,

    Let me start by saying how much I appreciate this group being formed. I am a retired firefighter with 30 years of service. I took my regular retirement when the stress of my job became to great and started causing health issues.

  • Lou Fusco
    2023-12-15

    Any state surplus funding could have gone into the state retirement coffers under the auspice of the state treasurer. Seth Magaziner never submitted any surplus moneys to these coffers.

  • Robert Desjarlais
    2023-12-15

    Subject: 2011 State Pension Law

  • Frank Pannozzi
    2023-12-15

    I retired in June, 2016, at age 66, after working for the state for 31 years. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics figures indicate that for each $1.00 in pension payments I received at that time, I would need $1.27 today, just to break even with the increased costs of living.

  • Eugene Daigneault
    2023-12-15

    THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CORRECT AN INJUSTMENT THAT HAS HURT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED HONORABLE FOR AT LEAST 28 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR 15 YEARS. I AM LIVING ON AND MAKING PURCHASES WITH MONEY THAT IS 15 YEARS OLD.

  • Philip Gingerella
    2023-12-14

    Good afternoon. I am a Charlestown Police Officer and have been employed by the Town of Charlestown since July 1st, 1999. The new pension laws added 7 years to my minimum retirement obligations because of my age when I was hired.

  • Leah Latimer
    2023-12-14

    I can't imagine what I will need to do to survive on 32000 per year in retirement I started paying into the system when a lower wage was offset by the promise of a livable percent of that salary in retirement.

  • Allison Onysko
    2023-12-14

    I have been working in the school system for 20 years, and as I approach retirement age I am concerned about the lack of benefits I am going to receive. The first 10 years of my career I was promised a much greater percentage, and earlier retirement.

  • James Dwyer
    2023-12-14

    Honorable James Diossa, State Treasurer

    And the Pension Advisory working Group

    State House, Room 102

    Providence, RI 02903

  • Joseph Sullivan
    2023-12-14

    I started working with the city of East providence in 1997 with the plan of retiring in 30 years . I would ask the board to respectively implement that again for people that were already invested in pension system when changes were made . Thank you .