What's Your Position on Pension and Health Reform?

Late last week, the New Jersey state Assembly backed legislation that will increase contributions by public employees to their health care and pension costs.

The Assembly voted Thursday evening, three days after the state Senate’s

But the ongoing debate over the landmark pension and health benefits reform package expected to be signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie on Monday will soon be heading to New Jersey's courts. The state Policemen's Benevolent Association announced Friday it will file suit against the legislation.

The legislation affects almost everybody who works for the government—police officers, firefighters, school teachers, administrators—in addition to anybody who is a former employee. For former employees, it eliminates their annual cost of living increases in their pensions. For everyone else, it requires them to take more out of their paychecks to pay for pensions and health care, essentially amounting to a pay cut of several percentage points.

This week we want to know what Fort Lee residents think of the legislation and the lawsuit. What’s your position?