I'd like to ask you a favor. Just between you and me. Look across to the opposite page. You'll see a picture of Dean Pagani, who writes a weekly column, just like me. What I'd like to know is, how much does Pagani get for writing the column? Lo Read More
New Yorkers, faced with inevitable sacrifices as leaders wrestle with the incredible, growing budget deficit, may not feel like they have much to celebrate. But there is a bright spot among all the pronouncements of fiscal doom and gloom. State re Read More
Wondering what your neighbor who works for the state of New York gets paid? A new Web site, seethroughny.net, has a searchable database of salary information on more than 263,000 state employees, including professors at the city and state universitie Read More
ALBANY - Earlier this month, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a school property tax cap bill at the behest of Gov. David Paterson. That bill would limit school tax growth to 4 percent each year. Today, the Democratic Assembly will likely pa Read More
ALBANY - Seven State Police officers made more than the acting superintendent last year, and they're about to make even more, thanks to retroactive pay hikes. Heavy overtime and a new contract have put the division's employees among the highest-pa Read More
If Senator McCain wants an opening to make a run at New York's 31 electoral votes — something we encouraged him to do in an editorial yesterday — he has just been handed the issue to run on. The Assembly Democrats yesterday voted to pass their mi Read More
ALBANY - They just don't get it! That was the reaction from government watchdogs on Thursday after the Daily News reported that state lawmakers will still get their pork-barrel projects despite budget cuts. "It's really cynical of them to treat Read More
The caller was angry, there was no doubting that. He is an anonymous taxpayer from North Tonawanda, and he’s not happy with what he believes is unnecessary spending by city government. I didn’t speak to him directly; we don’t get that chance wh Read More