Category: Media Coverage
According to the city’s latest annual financial report, New York City’s fi ve pension funds, including those for teachers, police officers and firefighters, are short nearly $40 billion on their future obligations to current workers and retirees. Read More
Ever wonder how much the mayor makes? The town supervisor? What about village trustees? Now you can stop wondering and find out, thanks to www.SeeThroughNY.net. The site is sponsored by the Empire Center for Public Policy, part of the non-parti Read More
Gov. David Paterson ordered a “hard” hiring freeze in state government nearly two years ago, declaring that only “absolutely essential” positions be filled. But state officials hired 51,464 people at a cost to taxpayers of more than $1 bil Read More
Anyone who's dieted knows that the prospect of a fitter future depends on making lean choices today. By the looks of the budgets issued by the Senate and Assembly last week, the New York State Legislature needs to be reminded of this basic, healthy p Read More
"This is a horrible time, a horrible thing he's doing here," said Tim Kremer, NYS School Boards Association Executive Director. With just one day before the end of the fiscal year, Kremer says the Governor's decision to delay $2.1 billion in schoo Read More