Not everyone felt the effects of the fiscal crisis last year: Some state workers more than tripled their salaries with massive amounts of overtime. Three employees actually topped $100,000 in extra pay alone, and four exceeded $90,000, the state c Read More
The price of providing state workers with generous pensions and gold-plated health plans could reach a mind-boggling $7.9 billion by 2012 -- a 42 percent increase over the current tab, state budget documents show. The Paterson administration expec Read More
Sen. Michael Nozzolio and Assemblyman Joseph Morelle were the biggest spending among the Rochester area’s state legislators during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, an Albany-based, nonpartisan think tank reported Tuesday. Office expenditur Read More
State Sen. Dale Volker, whose legislative district includes Wyoming County, accrued more than $1 million in office expenditures for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, according to a new report on the Empire Center’s government transparency Web Read More
While New York struggles with its mounting budget problems, Governor Paterson paved the way for future profits in the movie business by including $2.1 billion or $420 million in tax refunds per year over the next five years in his 2010-2011 State Bud Read More
Pension and fringe-benefit costs for New York state workers are growing at an alarming rate. The average state worker receives about $28,000 in pensions, health care and other benefits on top of an average salary of $63,750, the New York Post repo Read More
In Albany this week, UFT President Michael Mulgrew floated a plan to save the city money by letting teachers retire earlier. But a new report on the health of the city’s teachers pension fund suggests that Mulgrew’s proposal would only compound t Read More
Dick Blume/The Post Standard, file photo, 2009State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. » Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday addressed concerns that his low approval ratings would make it difficult for him to prevail in the general election, saying that hi Read More