A Long Island lawyer whose fat state retirement checks raised questions about public pension system abuses has agreed to give New York a $240,565 refund.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that Lawrence Reich improperly got himself listed as a full-time employee at five different Long Island school districts. Cuomo says the lawyer was in private practice and only worked for the districts occasionally.

Those job titles entitled him to a hefty pension.

Reich's retirement pay eventually drew the scrutiny of Newsday reporters.

After the newspaper wrote about the issue, the state began cracking down.

Cuomo's office says it has recovered $2 million from 70 people who received improper pensions.

Reich's attorney, Peter Tomao, declined to comment.