While Gov. David Paterson has declared that New York is facing an "unprecedented fiscal crisis," the state has paid out millions of dollars to local nonprofit groups—including $28,500 for a tennis league, $11,000 for a lighthouse museum and $2,700 Read More
As the stalemate between the Legislature and the governor drags on, Governor Paterson is hoping to ignite the engine by making cuts on his own. "What I'm going to do is to start taking the cuts that we think are appropriate and putting them in the Read More
Another shocking report by SeeThroughNY reveals that 8,074 MTA employees earned $100,000 last year. Fifty MTA employees earned more than $200,000 last year. And salaries are rising. This is at a time when the New York City and State are struggling Read More
Despite service cuts, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers' salaries have increased for a second consecutive year, according to a new report released this week. The MTA has countered that the raises were previously agreed upon. The Read More
Salaries at the agency that operates the city's subways and buses have increased for the second year in a row, even as service cuts and layoffs loom. Data released Wednesday by the Empire Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan research organizati Read More
More than 10 percent of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's workforce made at least $100,000 each in 2009, according to payroll data made public Wednesday. The MTA, in a statement, attributed the six-figure salaries of more than 8,000 work Read More
Long Island Rail Road riders interviewed Wednesday expressed various opinions - few of them positive - about salaries paid to Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers. According to data published Wednesday by the Empire Center for Public Poli Read More