"It's an election year for all state lawmakers and Albany is looking to deliver the pension pork to their union pals. There are 119 pension-and-benefit sweetener bills under consideration for public-employee union workers and retirees, and they would cost taxpayers more than $349 million. And that's likely a low-ball estimate, because two-thirds of the measures did not include a cost, according to the Citizens Budget Commission, a government-watchdog group."