Former arena site plan criticizedPITTSBURGH — The redevelopment plan at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ former arena site disproportionately excludes low-income, black and voucher-holding residents, according to a community group that filed a formal complaint.The team and the city agreed last year to redevelop the site of the now-demolished Civic Arena. The team has exclusive rights to develop the 28-acre arena site and plans to build about 1,200 apartments. A fifth of the units are designated as low-income housing.The Penguins have said that setting aside more affordable housing units is not economically viable. They declined to comment Monday.The Hill District Consensus Group filed a complaint last month with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development against the city and several development agencies. The agency could penalize the city or prevent the development from progressing.A lawyer for the group said even the low-income units are too costly. The complaint states that residents would need to make nearly $40,000 a year to afford a one-bedroom apartment at the development — about twice as much as the median income for African-American households.

State won’t appeal Sandusky pensionHARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s large public-sector pension system isn’t appealing a court order restoring state retirement benefits to former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.A State Employees’ Retirement System spokesman said Tuesday the agency plans to work with Sandusky’s lawyers to figure out how much he’s owed. The one-month period in which to appeal the Commonwealth Court decision has passed.Sandusky will eventually resume collecting his $4,900-a-month pension, payments that ended when he was sentenced in October 2012 to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexual abuse of boys.

Pgh. measure would decriminalize potPITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh City Council will hear what residents think about a measure that would decriminalize people found with small amounts of marijuana or hashish.Tuesday afternoon’s hearing is prompted by an ordinance proposed by Councilman Daniel Lavelle last month.If the ordinance passes, police could fine people $100 and seize the drugs as long as the person had less than 30 grams of marijuana. People could have about eight grams of hash.