A provision tucked into Gov. Paterson's recent pension overhaul would let thousands of teachers draw retirement checks years early. The early-retirement program will allow roughly 6,000 school employees between the ages of 55 and 62 to retire earl Read More
Five years ago, the city Board of Education voted unanimously to sever all ties with a local contractor who overcharged the district, didn’t complete planned work at schools and paid $10,800 in loans to the school architect who was doling out contr Read More
If you run into any state workers today, be sure to congratulate them on the 4% raises they just got - despite the worst fiscal crisis to slam New York in generation. They darn well ought to thank you back, because the rest of us are going to suff Read More
Gov. Paterson yesterday urged the state's powerful public employees' unions to forgo their 4 percent pay raises, which kicked in yesterday. "I do not believe that . . . it is fair to continue the status quo with one segment of the work force," Pat Read More
State Senate President Malcolm Smith steered a $150,000 grant to a well-heeled, politically connected business group -- as the state grappled with the worst budget crisis in decades, The Post has learned. Smith's legislative largesse benefited the Read More
Are New York's schools 65 percent better than the na tional average? Are our hospitals 73 percent better or our prisons 63 percent better? For that matter, is our Legislature 161 percent better than the average state's? These question arise becaus Read More