Some 6 percent of city workers rake in more than $100,000, research released yesterday by a conservative think tank shows. The offices of Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council, the public advocate, the city comptroller and the Department of Education Read More
he mayor's official pay is $225,000 a year - although Bloomberg accepts just $1 of it - but two of his 427,759 subordinates earn more. The compensation of all city workers is public information, but until Tuesday it wasn't necessarily accessible.. Read More
Unless you owe your paycheck to taxpayers — maybe you are a public school teacher or government accountant — you’re going to enjoy the Editorial Spotlight interview the Editorial Board had today with E.J. McMahon, director of the Empire Center Read More
Some of the more than 100 local projects on the state’s draft list of projects “ready to go” when President-elect Barack Obama releases economic stimulus funds have already had funds allocated, local officials say. Among them: $38 million fo Read More
Nearly 85 percent of school districts in Oneida and Herkimer counties are spending less per student than the average for schools statewide, an O-D analysis of funding numbers shows. Statewide, districts spend $18,768 per year on each child. But lo Read More
ALBANY — Warning to rich New Yorkers: The tax man might be digging deeper into your pockets in the years ahead. There is a growing sense in the capital that legislators are likely to turn to an income tax increase on the wealthiest New Yorkers t Read More
KINGSTON — Six current and former Highland school district administrators are suing the district over its 2007 decision that required them to contribute 15 percent of the cost of their post-retirement health and dental insurance. The plaintiffs Read More