Nobody wants their taxes to go up. But local officials and some experts are questioning Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s contention that a proposed 2 percent cap on property-tax increases will have the same positive results as one Massachusetts implemented i Read More
The agreement between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Civil Service Employees Association calls for three years without broad-based raises, while protecting the union's 66,000 members from job cuts. CSEA President Danny Donohue says the governor "wa Read More
Police Chief Christopher Cole faces potential disciplinary action from suspension to dismissal following his shocking admission of “sexting” shocking admission of “sexting” while on duty and in City Hall. Public Safety Commissioner Richard Read More
Scan the city of Rochester's check registry for last year and the nearly $30,000 spent at pizza parlors might catch your attention. The $3,600 paid to an indoor plant store might, too. Or the $100 that went to a poultry farmer in the United Kingdom. Read More
The total compensation of police and sheriff's department employees in Nassau and Suffolk last year reached almost two-thirds of each county's payroll, propelled by generous raises, overtime and retirement packages. A Newsday analysis of county re Read More
The Village of Sleepy Hollow has agreed to a settlement with former police detective Jose Quinoy. Quinoy was charged and acquitted of a number of federal charges that claimed he abused his position as a police officer during two separate i Read More
The state’s largest public-employee union, acknowledging the pressures on government workers around the nation, agreed on Wednesday to major wage and benefits concessions in a pact to avoid sweeping layoffs. The five-year agreement between Gov. Read More
The agreement between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Civil Service Employees Association calls for three years without broad-based raises, while protecting the union's 66,000 members from job cuts. CSEA President Danny Donohue says the governor "wa Read More