Add fund for NY state worker health costs-DiNapoli

NEW YORK May 8 (Reuters) - New York state should create an investment pool for public workers' health benefits, the soaring costs of which the state, counties and cities all must start disclosing, the state comptroller said on Thursday.

"More than one million New Yorkers are counting on these health benefits. The responsible, good government thing to do is to start preparing for the future in order to protect health care benefits," Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic comptroller, said in a statement.