A total of 665 state and local government workers have permission to collect both a full-time salary and retirement payments, according to a new report. Read More
Month: February 2014
The Empire Center reported Monday that 665 retired public workers in New York had authorization this year to "double dip" and keep collecting pensions while getting paid for jobs after returning to work in the public sector. Read More
E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, joined John Gambling to discuss Prop 3. Read More
Executive Director Tim Hoefer joined Susan Arbetter to discuss the Empire Center's new tool that allows the public to see who has requested permission to "double dip," collect a public pension while being paid by a public employer. Read More
Empire Center President E.J. McMahon spoke with Capital Tonight host Liz Benjamin about Governor Cuomo's veto of a pension sweetener bill. Read More
When CBS announced last summer that Stephen Colbert would stay in New York when he takes over “Late Show,” it wasn’t much of a surprise in Los Angeles, even though Mayor Eric Garcetti had made overtures to lure the show West. In Gotham the production is eligible for $11 million in tax credits and a $5 million grant to offset renovations to the Ed Sullivan theater, where the show is based. Read More
The Cayuga County Legislature Ways and Means Committee held a pair of spirited meetings last week regarding the proposed 2015 county budget. Much of the discussion centered around spending cuts, and specifically how expense reductions would translate into jobs eliminated. The county is facing tough financial times, and in order to balance the budget and set operations on a more stable path, some tough choices must be made. With that in mind, county officials should be doing all they can to share information about the budget with the public. What we've seen so far, however, has been minimal at best. Read More
Executive Director Tim Hoefer joined Capital Tonight host Liz Benjamin to discuss the Empire Center's updated Benchmarking New York tool. Read More