27 Retired Long Island Educators Collect Pensions of More Than $200K a Year

Long Island school districts are paying a lot of money for ex-employees who don't work anymore.

Below is a list of 100 ex-Long Island school district employees who collect more than $157,000 in annual pension payments based on information from SeeThroughNY, a transparency website run by the Empire Center.

Compared to the rest of New York, former school employees get the best treatment on Long Island.

And compared to ex-school district employees from New Jersey, school district retirees from New York have it much better. Only the top 2 highest paid ex-employees from New Jersey could crack Long Island’s top 50.

The top of the Long Island list is dominated by former superintendents, including No. 1 James Feltman, who retired as the superintendent of the Commack School District in 2010. Feltman's annual pension is $326,214.

The New York Teacher Retirement System says it’s “consistently among the top-performing and best-funded public pension funds, particularly among teacher retirement systems.”

According to the NYSTRS 2015 annual report: Final average salary is generally determined by the average of the employee’s three highest consecutive school years of regular salary. This is excluding “termination pay, retirement bonuses, pay for unused sick leave or accumulated vacation, and increases in salary which exceed certain limitations.”

Below is the list of the top 100 highest paid school district retirees from Long Island, which includes their district name and payout:

1. Feltman, James A, Commack Union Free Schools: $326,214
2. Karnilow, Sheldon, Half Hollow Hills Central Schools: $322,650
3. Hankin, Carole, Syosset Central Schools: $320,152
4. Hunderfund, James H, Commack Union Free Schools: $317,289
5. Shea, Thomas C, South Huntington Union Free Schools: $293,070
6. Brande, Richard T, Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free Schools: $291,713
7. Saffer, Shelley, Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free Schools: $289,269
8. Brown, Herb R, Oceanside Union Free Schools: $285,200
9. Friedman, Ronald L, Great Neck Public Schools: $267,672
10. Sulc, Charles V, Massapequa Public Schools: $254,420
11. Licopoli, Lorenzo, Mineola Union Free Schools: $240,921
12. Campo, Leon J, East Meadow Union Free Schools: $233,785
13. Richman, John A, Roslyn Public Schools: $231,645
14. Brosnan, William J, Jr, Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools: $229,966
15. Melucci, Ranier W, Merrick Union Free Schools: $226,542
16. Meierdiercks, Warren A, Sewanhaka Central Schools: $222,945
17. Greenberg, Robert, Long Beach City School District: $218,935
18. Bonasera, Anthony J, Mount Sinai Union Free Schools: $216,817
19. Mc Donald, William J, Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free Schools: $216,486
20. Hirt, Richard I, Locust Valley Central Schools: $215,868
21. Goldstein, George A, Sewanhaka Central Schools: $214,753
22. Sirois, Herman A, Levittown Union Free Schools: $214,224
23. Nathan, Richard B, Lindenhurst Public Schools: $211,585
24. Finello, John J, Huntington Union Free Schools, SUNY at Stony Brook: $207,721
25. Brooks, Martin G, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools: $206,322
26. Bolton, William R, Copiague Union Free Schools: $205,081
27. Lederer, Neil, Lindenhurst Public Schools: $204,953
28. Weiss, Kathy G, Baldwin Union Free Schools: $198,534
29. Ehmann, Edward L, Smithtown Central Schools: $197,352
30. Boyd-Bright, Maureen K, Hicksville Public Schools: $196,491
31. Van Eyk, Jonathan P, Mount Sinai Union Free Schools: $196,131
32. Caramore, Thomas J, Bellmore-Merrick Central Schools: $195,247
33. Cronin, George T, Central Islip Union Free Schools: $194,389
34. Smith, Lois M, Jericho Union Free Schools: $192,961
35. Savaglio, Ernest G, Jr, Jericho Union Free Schools: $191,480
36. Black, Leslie A, Brentwood Union Free Schools: $191,384
37. Colvin, Joan L, Jericho Union Free Schools: $190,554
38. Governale, Joseph R, Central Islip Union Free Schools: $190,355
39. Mensch, Michael J, Suffolk 2 BOCES: $189,842
40. Marsh, Richard S, Bethpage Union Free Schools: $189,178
41. Pereira, Lawrence F, Massapequa Public Schools: $188,267
42. Bonuso, Carl A, Wantagh Union Free Schools: $187,630
43. Eisenberg, Carol D, West Hempstead Union Free Schools: $187,430
44. Lison, Elizabeth J, Valley Stream #13 Union Free Schools: $187,283
45. Bixhorn, Gary D, Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES: $184,090
46. Bernstein, Marc F, Valley Stream Central High School: $183,964
47. Frontario, Louis S, Oceanside Union Free Schools: $183,304
48. McDermott, Marylou, Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools: $182,496
49. Segerdahl, Richard N, Island Trees Union Free Schools: $181,922
50. Aloise, Robert W, North Babylon Union Free Schools: $181,592
51. Boyes, Joseph R, Southampton Union Free Schools: $181,508
52. Dragone, Joseph C, Roslyn Public Schools: $181,439
53. Jonas, Arthur E, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools: $180,810
54. Chapman, Karen A, Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools: $179,568
55. Nelson, Brent S, Nassau BOCES, Nassau Community College: $179,172
56. Vale, Ronald C, Commack Union Free Schools: $177,491
57. Goldstein, Arnold M, North Bellmore Union Free Schools: $177,276
58. Blau, Beth V, West Islip Union Free Schools: $177,189
59. Tassone, Frank A, Jr, Roslyn Public Schools: $175,295
60. Leitman, Stephen I, Garden City Union Free Schools: $173,867
61. Chu, Wendell W, East Islip Union Free Schools: $173,800
62. Simels, Christie Z, Eastchester Union Free Schools, SUNY at Stony Brook : $171,928
63. Squires, Nancy K, SUNY at Stony Brook: $171,806
64. Singe, Anthony L, Locust Valley Central Schools: $170,797
65. Noble, Melvin S, West Babylon Union Free Schools: $170,493
66. Copel, Harriet R, Shoreham-Wading River Central Schools: $170,340
67. Ruck, James A, Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools, Sachem Central Schools: $170,115
68. McGoldrick, Lawrence R, Valley Stream #30 Union Free Schools: $169,304
69. Travis-Moore, Pamela J, Commack Union Free Schools: $169,008
70. McGuire, Kevin, Half Hollow Hills Central Schools: $168,898
71. McCloat, Raymond A, Harborfields Central Schools: $168,459
72. Fale, Edward M, Valley Stream #24 Union Free Schools: $168,137
73. Schwartz, Lynn, Westhampton Beach Union Free Schools: $168,127
74. Gangemi, John G, Nassau BOCES: $167,161
75. Horowitz, Manuela, Great Neck Public Schools: $167,106
76. Pakett, Roy A, Central Islip Union Free Schools: $165,620
77. Schneider, Jorge E, Syosset Central Schools: $165,533
78. Markle, Thomas J, Seaford Public Schools: $165,260
79. Manheimer, Robert, Jericho Union Free Schools: $164,726
80. Raber, Barbara, Great Neck Public Schools, $164,564
81. Dodge, Arnold E, East Rockaway Union Free Schools: $163,829
82. Chase, Albert T, Garden City Union Free Schools: $163,646
83. Smith, Helen B, Suffolk 2 BOCES: $162,486
84. Evans, Sally H, Levittown Union Free Schools: $162,185
85. Baltic, Barri L, Central Islip Union Free Schools: $162,178
86. Wright, Perletter, Roosevelt Union Free Schools, SUNY College at Old Westbury: $162,081
87. Heppeler, Charles N, Jr, Commack Union Free Schools: $161,497
88. Planz, Charles A: SUNY at Stony Brook, Smithtown Central Schools: $160,373
89. Druckman, Diane, Islip Union Free Schools: $160,269
90. Kozora, Charles E, Jr, Greenport Public Schools: $160,038
91. DeStio, Michael P, Half Hollow Hills Central Schools: $159,516
92. Groshans, Edwin G, Great Neck Public Schools: $159,410
93. Morris, Jeffrey C, Half Hollow Hills Central Schools: $159,178
94. Myers, Joseph D, Suffolk 2 BOCES: $158,838
95. Roes, Stephanie W, Central Islip Union Free Schools: $158,753
96. Kindelmann, Albert G, Half Hollow Hills Central Schools: $158,749
97. Bronzo, Robert J, Brentwood Union Free Schools: $158,304
98. Cheliotes, Helen, Long Beach City School District: $158,176
99. Connolly, Neil J, Carle Place Union Free Schools, NYC Teachers' Retirement System: $158,043
100. Dillon, Robert R, East Meadow Union Free Schools, SUNY College at New Paltz: $157,679