The salaries of hundreds of thousands of state employees can now be searched through an online database set up by a private institution. The Web site, SeeThroughNY.net, is the creation of the Manhattan Institute's Empire Center for Public Policy, and Read More
Ever want to know how much money local agencies pay their employees? It’s only a few keystrokes and a mouse click away. The Empire Center for Public Policy, a non-profit state government watchdog group, posted the payrolls of 384 local agenci Read More
Steve Sigmund, director of public affairs for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and former communications director for mayoral candidates Gifford Miller and Mark Green, is leaving to head up communications for New Jersey Governor Jon Corz Read More
Cities, towns and counties statewide face a budget-busting rise in their employee pension costs and New Yorkers, already hit by the recession, will likely see higher property taxes. It's the latest financial hit to come from last year's stock mark Read More
WITH Democrats in control of the state Senate for the first time in decades, municipalities, community groups and nonprofit agencies in the Hudson Valley are seeing their Republican state senators bring home far less bacon than in the past. At the Read More
To the editor: I read your recent article about the Lake Placid School Superintendent James Donnelly and his generous severance package. As you may know, his contract is posted on our government transparency Web site, www.seethroughny.net. The Read More
Anyone who thinks the path to "fiscal discipline" is through higher taxes ought to look at the current budget spectacles in New York and California. The two liberal states have among the highest tax burdens in the country, yet both now find themselve Read More
Whether they are sick, vacationing or working their usual shifts, top police brass in the city are receiving thousands of extra dollars a year in perks. They call it “show-up pay,” meaning the police chief and two deputy police chiefs are paid Read More