Press Releases

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

New York City’s public school custodians were paid an average of $109,467 in fiscal 2014, making them the city’s highest-paid group of municipal employees last year, according to newly released payroll data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. 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

The Empire Center for Public Policy today released the 2014 edition of “What They Make,” an overview of local government payrolls for the counties, towns, cities and villages (outside New York City) for the period of April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. Read More

The highest-paid local government employee in the region was Onondaga Community College Senior Vice President David W. Murphy, who was paid $195,462. The second highest-paid employee was Jason T. Stepkovitch, a psychiatrist who was paid $189,894 by Cortland County. Read More