EDITORIAL: Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli wrong to suggest state
pension fund endangered by federal benefits policy  New York
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.(AP File Photo)  New York
state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli thinks the rapidly unfolding
social and legal revolution involving same-sex marriage still
could use a nudge. And who better to nudge than, of course,
Thomas DiNapoli?  Using his rather extraordinary position as the
sole trustee of the state's $160 billion pension system,
DiNapoli has written to President Barack Obama, urging that, for
the purpose of federal benefits, the federal government
recognize marriages that take place in New York, even if a given
couple has moved to a state that does not recognize that
marriage.  The issue emerged courtesy of the June decision of
the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal Defense of Marriage Act
was unconstitutional for barring legally married, same-sex
couples from receiving federal benefits.  DiNapoli informs Obama
that this is pension fund business becaus