Police and firefighters top the list of Western New York’s highest-paid municipal employees, starting with a cop from Lackawanna. Read More
Category: Media Coverage
How will the tax reforms in the new state budget affect large and small businesses? President and founder of the Empire Center for New York State Policy E. J. McMahon joins us with his analysis. Read More
Empire Center for Public Policy founder & President EJ McMahon on how New York State can best spend $3.3 billion in fines paid by French bank BNP Paribas. Read More
It is not common for school districts to reach an on-time or early agreement on a new contract with their teachers unions. Under the Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law, the terms of the existing contract remain in effect until a new agreement is ratified. Teachers continue to receive their step raises. Read More
The number of teachers in New York collecting pensions jumped 9 percent between 2010 and 2013, and the average pension grew 6.5 percent over that period, records show. Read More
New York is getting at least $2.24 billion as part of a national settlement with the French bank BNP Paribas, and the money will go into the state's general fund for any number of purposes. Read More
Empire Center President E.J. McMahon appeared on "The John Gambling Show" to discuss legislation that would have tied the hands of state and local officials and prevented them from reducing the taxpayers' $250 billion unfunded liability for public-sector retiree benefits. Read More
The Web site SeeThroughNY, which monitors government pensions and payrolls, said the new retirees swelled the exclusive six-figure club to more than 2,700. The figure has doubled over the past five years, the group said. Read More