The eye-popping $570,419 pension compensation raked in by former lifeguard union leader Peter Stein last year laid out in a report from the Empire Center for Public Policy came as no surprise to his foes in the city's lifeguard corps who lived through decades of the “Boss of the Beach” gaming the system to his benefit.
“He was clever,” said Janet Fash, a former chief lifeguard who’s been opposing Stein since the mid-aughts. “These guys were always on the clock, and they were making a lot of overtime. Peter took care of himself and his inner circle as far as the pension system goes."
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