State-Sponsored Retirement Program: Is New York State on Deck?
By Alyssa Snyder, NAIFA-NYS Counsel Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in January of 2016 the creation of the SMART Commission (“Saving More to Achieve Richer Tomorrows”). This commission was created as Cuomo’s vehicle to study available options for the creation of a state-administered retirement savings program for workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan. […]