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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Proposed deals to lift a three-year wage freeze for almost all of Nassau's union workforce would provide a series of cost-of-living raises totaling more than 13 percent. Some employees would get six different increases by September 2015, including step raises. Read More
Now that Stephen Colbert is officially taking over Late Show from David Letterman next year, another guessing game begins: Will the show stay in New York or will it head to Los Angeles? Read More
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York has been on the right path during his term. Republican challenger Rob Astorino says New York is losing. Can they both be right? Read More
Although the payoff for taxpayers may be small, the fight between the State Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over his centerpiece issue of freezing property taxes has become the biggest battle of the 2014-15 budget. Read More
Lawmakers hurried to complete work on the state budget before the midnight deadline, but the spending plan is not without some controversy. Legislators held a marathon voting session on several budget bills, in an attempt to beat the April 1 deadline... Read More
The state budget includes $1.5 billion in property-tax relief, a 5.3 percent increase in school aid and the first permanent business tax cut since 2005. In an election year for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature, the sides agreed to a budget March 31 for the 2014-15 fiscal year that seeks to pacify critics that New York is the highest-taxed state. It worked – in some cases. Read More
New York's new state budget is spending taxpayers' money at a rate of more than $15 million every hour, or $4,373 per second, according to a whirring "$pend-O-Meter" created by the Empire Center for New York State Policy. Read More