New York’s property tax rates are generally among the highest in the nation. Specific property tax burdens vary widely throughout the state. Read More
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Overtime payouts to New York City government employees rose by more than one-third last year. The City paid out a total of $2.44 billion dollars in overtime in Fiscal Year 2022, a 36 percent increase from the prior year’s total of $1.8 billion. Read More
To help New Yorkers compare certain basic fiscal measures for local governments, the Empire Center has calculated effective property tax rates and per-capita values for the spending, debt and tax levels throughout the state. Read More
The data below track student results on standardized testing in New York State. Explore the data by clicking below, which will take you to the corresponding interacting graph. The data can currently be filtered by school district, grade, county, regi Read More
Local government is a labor-intensive business, and employee compensation is the single biggest element of most municipal budgets. Read More
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