Riverhead Central School District assistant superintendent Joseph Ogeka, Jr. was the highest-paid school district employee in New York outside New York City during the 2013-14 school year, according to data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net. Read More
Hilton Central School District Superintendent David Dimbleby was the highest-paid school district employee in the Finger Lakes region during the 2013-14 school year, according to data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net. Read More
Syracuse City School District superintendent Sharon Contreras was the highest-paid school district employee in the Central New York region during the 2013-14 school year, according to data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net. Read More
Niskayuna Central School District superintendent Susan Kay Salvaggio was the highest-paid school district employee in the Capital Region during the 2013-14 school year, according to data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net. Read More
Empire Center Executive Director Tim Hoefer sat down with Nick Reisman to discuss the 2014 edition of "What They Make," an analysis of local government payrolls. Read More
The Empire Center analyzed reports filed on line by the legislature, and found that the state Assembly paid over $650,000 to outside attorneys, while the State Senate gave a private law firm over $400,000 between October of 2013 and March of 2014. Read More
Police officers and firefighters in the city are the highest paid government employees in the six-county Mohawk Valley region, according to this year’s payroll report released by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
The Empire Center’s Tim Hoefer says the numbers caught their eye because the legal bills were much larger than what’s been typical in the past. Read More