NYS lawmakers are third highest paid in the country and now they want a raise? So how much do they make? Read More
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New York City’s 1 percent are paying a much larger share of the city’s income tax than the wealthiest 1 percent nationally are coughing up to Washington, data released Monday reveal. Read More
Local governments and the state increased borrowing off the state pension fund to pay yearly retirement costs by 22 percent between 2013 and this year, state records show. Read More
The Port Authority has hired at least 11 retired cops — most from the NYPD or New Jersey — who “double dip” by collecting hefty police pensions while earning big bucks in their new posts, The Post has learned. Read More
The conservative Tax Foundation that has hammered New York's business climate and typically ranks it last in the nation had positive marks for the budget deal that includes cuts in corporate taxes. Read More
Cities and taxpayers have to decide what’s the best way to utilize tax dollars, said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center. Read More
Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, questioned having the item written into the city charter. Read More
Kathy Miller and her family moved to New York from Pennsylvania. She said they discovered that just about everything here is more expensive. Read More