E.J. McMahon, president of the conservative Empire Center for State Policy, said it would be irresponsible to use the windfalls on recurring expenses like school aid or tax cuts. “All you do is increase spending and then you have to keep paying for it when the money is gone,” McMahon said. Read More
At least 1,800 government workers in New York each got paid more than $179,000 last year, and business owners should know how their local officials compare to that group. Read More
We’re all for police officers earning good pay. They do important, necessary and frequently dangerous work. But, good grief, when the top public-paid employee in all of Western New York is a police officer, something is out of whack. Read More
A report published today by a state watchdog think tank shows how municipally owned hospitals skew the costs of employment in the state’s towns and counties. Read More
“I think a lot of people might be surprised to the extent with which this happens around the state,” said E.J. McMahon, president of Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany think tank. “You can actually bolster your pension with time spent working in uniform on private time.” Read More
Police officers out-earn most government employees in the eight-county Capital Region, according to an Empire Center report released Thursday. Read More
The region's highest paid local government employees work for the town of Greece, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
Empire Center President E.J. McMahon spoke with WGRZ’s Danny Spewak about the announcement that New York will be giving CBS at least $11 million in tax incentives to keep “The Late Show” in New York. Read More