A new think-tank report proposes the state Freedom of Information Law be amended to require disclosure of tentative contract agreements with public labor unions. The conservative-leaning Empire Center for Public Policy says the secrecy of labor ne Read More
Taxpayers too often are being kept in the dark about details of contracts with public employee unions such as one involving Utica’s teachers, according to a new report from a government watchdog group. By the time school districts or municipalit Read More
A Long Island public school superintendent makes over $340,000 a year – and that’s not counting fringe benefits. A superintendent in Buffalo takes home more than New York Governor David Paterson’s $179,000 salary. Only two superintendents Read More
Maybe in a different time with different leadership and different lemmings, the special session of the Legislature called for Tuesday would be a watershed moment, a demarcation in time where lawmakers abandoned trivialities and their customary do-not Read More
City officials could approve today a three-year police union contract that would provide members with enhanced retirement plans and increase their salaries by 3 percent each year. The contract would cost the city about $340,000 in the current budg Read More
Superintendent retirement packages that sometimes top $100,000 a year are a costly burden for local school districts and taxpayers, critics of government spending say. Three of the eight school district leaders who have retired since 2004 earn six Read More
ALBANY - Fifteen state agencies failed to meet Gov. Paterson's demand for a 10.3% spending cut, the Daily News has learned. The agencies, including some of the largest departments, left the state $271 million, nearly 25%, short of Paterson's goal Read More