The Empire Center for New York State Policy

Local Government Employee Pay in 2009-10

Find out the average wages and salaries supported by your local taxes

New York State's latest tax, spend and borrow plan looks like another house of cards.

How about some "shared sacrifice" from NY government employees?

The names and salaries of 186,223 local government employees were posted today on SeeThroughNY. 08/26/10

A place for taxpayers to download, share, analyze and compare data on public payrolls, expenditures, contracts and taxes.

A fresh dose of federal "stimulus" will ultimately dig New York into a deeper hole.

The latest pension double-dip stories come from the city of Yonkers and the Utica-area town of New Hartford.

Comparative statistics on taxes, spending and the cost of doing business in NY.