Bureaucrat Daniel Miller is accused of falsifying a job provide in an effort to obtain a $28,000 wage bump in 2018.
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An obscure pension bureaucrat wangled one of many highest salaries of any public worker in New York Metropolis — eclipsing even Mayor Adams — by mendacity about receiving a plum job provide from one other state, an investigation discovered.
Daniel Miller, deputy govt director of the Board of Training Retirement system (BERS), obtained a $28,549 pay hike to $255,000 in 2018 after asking his boss to match the wage he claimed an Ohio pension system had provided him, BERS Inspector Normal Anastasia Coleman present in an Aug. 9 report offered to The Publish.
Miller utilized — however by no means obtained a suggestion from the Ohio Faculty Staff Retirement System – and continued to lie about it, even to investigators, Coleman alleges.
“Miller obtained his increase primarily based on knowingly false info,” she expenses, saying his “monetary windfall outcome[ed] from malfeasance.”
Sanford Wealthy, 64, BERS govt director and Miller’s boss, granted the large increase with out verifying the provide.
Wealthy then had the nerve to ask the BERS board to boost his personal annual pay to $257,575, 1% greater than his deputy, the probe discovered.
Executive Director at New York City Board of Education Retirement System " class="wp-image-24175467"/>The board, which has authority over his wage, declined. “Wealthy merely took Miller’s phrase as gospel, with no due diligence, basically an act of negligence. Wealthy then used this unverified info to justify a request to counterpoint himself,” Coleman concludes, calling it “egregious misconduct.”
With subsequent managerial raises, Miller, 41, now collects a jaw-dropping $262,650 a 12 months. Mayor Adams makes $258,750.
Wealthy’s present wage is $235,599. He didn't reply to a request for remark. Miller couldn't be reached.
“The BERS Board of Trustees is taking the report very severely,” stated Alexander Kazazis, the board’s common counsel. The trustees will talk about a response, together with potential self-discipline of Miller and Wealthy, at its subsequent assembly Oct. 18, he added.
Funded largely with taxpayer contributions, BERS is the smallest of town’s 5 retirement techniques, protecting central DOE staffers, faculty aides, cafeteria staff, and nurses, amongst others.
Chancellor Banks sits on the BERS board of trustees. “The chancellor is deeply dedicated to making sure accountability for public funds and that our staff’ pensions are effectively managed. These allegations are very troubling,” stated DOE spokesman Nathaniel Styer.
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