New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall criticized Gov. George...

New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall criticized Gov. George Pataki for recently signing a bill approving a new pension benefit plan only for New York City corrections officers. Mr. McCall said he is still pushing for an across-the-board benefit increase to public employees across the state. The law creates two supplemental funds to boost the pensions of close to 11,000 jail guards. Mr. McCall, the sole trustee of the $115 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, in a statement said, ‘‘We need to give all public employees — not just a portion of them — a permanent cost-of-living adjustment, a benefit public employees receive in most other states.’’