A Johnson City law firm will pay $100,000 to the state and has agreed to help authorities in their probe of the firm's founder, John Hogan, to end an investigation by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into whether lawyers were inappropriately receiving state pensions.

While agreeing to the settlement, the firm of Hogan, Sarzynski, Lynch, Surowka & DeWind LLP denied any impropriety.

Cuomo announced settlements Wednesday with the local firm and an Albany firm over private attorneys who were listed as school employees in order to receive public pensions and other benefits.

Overall, the deal includes a $600,000 settlement with Hogan, Sarzynski, as well as the Albany firm of Girvin & Ferlazzo. Cuomo said the settlement is the largest he has reached with private attorneys in his ongoing probe.