A recent online survey asked, "should employees have the right to decide, without force or penalty, whether to join or leave a labor union?" Nearly 83 percent of New York respondents said yes, they should. Read More
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New York City and its suburbs continue to account for most of the year-over-year job growth in New York State, according to the latest data. Read More
Massive but partially hidden funding shortfalls are a feature, not a bug, of New York City's public pension system and its counterparts across the country. Read More
State legislators spent over $1 million in taxpayer funds on outside attorneys during a six-month period, newly-released records show. Read More
Move over, Jimmy Fallon. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week that New York State will steer $16 million in subsidies to CBS to keep the "Late Show" in Manhattan under its next host, Stephen Colbert. Read More
Bethlehem, Guilderland and Colonie town police were the highest-paid local government employees in the Capital Region, according to our 2014 "What They Make" report. Read More
The town's general employees and police were the highest-paid local government employees in each category in the Finger Lakes region. Read More
The highest-paid local government employee in the Southern Tier was paid $220,920 by Steuben County. Read More