Bankrupt ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani regrets not having a NYC pension
By Social Links for Rich Calder and
Social Links for Jon Levine
Published Dec. 30, 2023, 9:08 a.m. ET
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who filed for bankruptcy in the wake of a $148 million civil court ruling and faces a mountain of unpaid legal bills, said he now regrets not having the safety net of a government pension.
Most recent Big Apple mayors pocket pension checks after leaving office, but Giuliani, 79, failed to apply for the benefits, according to city payroll records obtained by the taxpayer watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy and his official disclosure filings.
Had he taken a pension, the two-term former mayor who left office at the end of 2001 would’ve been eligible for about $26,000 in annual payments after turning 62.
That translates to about $442,000 he could have collected the last 17 years.
When asked why he never applied for a pension, Giuliani told The Post: “Giving back to the city I love. Although I would like to take it now.”
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