Current Pension Topics: City TRS's Edge Over State
By JOEL L. FRANK
      Q.: As you know, Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b) Investment Plans are very popular with public school personnel. In New York we have two publicly-administered Teachers' Retirement Systems (TRS).
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
By DAVID BROWN
      This Halloween, people will be frightened by different things. Scary costumes. Frightening flicks. Ghastly pranks. The dark. But there's no need for anyone to be afraid to apply for Social Security benefits online!
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Lost Promotions and Remedies
Know Your Rights
By JAMES A. BROWN
      A recurring theme in this column has been contrasting the legal rights enjoyed by public-sector employees with those of their private-sector counterparts. As I have explained, civil servants enjoy certain advantages, including statutory job security, slightly broader whistleblower protection and limited Constitutional rights afforded to them as government employees.
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