Category: Media Coverage
Pension benefits for newly-retired city firefighters and officers have skyrocketed in the last decade, figures released Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy show. The average annual pension for a member of the city's Bravest who retired Read More
Meet Patti Keagy, an American Baby Boomer, who is looking at other possible retirement destinations. "My mother says her generation and other people that she knew made a mistake. They sold everything and they moved down to Florida," said Keagy, a Read More
A record 30,772 public employees retired last year, fueled by an early retirement incentive and the general age of the state workforce, officials said. The new retirees include workers from state and local governments covered in the annual financi Read More
The average annual FDNY pension is closing in on the $100,000 mark. The Empire Center for Public Policy, which yesterday posted the latest list of about 16,000 FDNY retirees, reported that preliminary figures for 2010 show that 1,267, or 8 percent Read More
A new report shows two indicted New York state senators topped the list of spending by lawmakers over the course of a half year. The Empire Center for Public Policy report covers how the Legislature spent $105 million on themselves and to run thei Read More
New York’s State Legislature spent $105 million during the six-month period ending last March, according to the latest legislative expenditure data posted at SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s transparency website. SeeThroughNY includes expenditur Read More