It's less than a month before Primary Day in New York and GOP conven tion-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio is rapidly losing ground to challenger Carl Paladino of Buffalo. According to the latest Siena College poll, Lazio's 20-point lea Read More
For all the problems Mohawk Valley taxpayers see with the cost of government, we’re not the worst off in the state. Far from it, a study of government salaries released Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy found. Of nine distinct r Read More
Want to know how much that cop down the street takes home, or how much that guy who plows your streets is paid? The Empire Center for New York State released its updated salary information for 186,223 people who worked for county, city, town and v Read More
C. Peter Magrath will make $355,000 to lead Binghamton University on an interim basis --$70,000 more than former president Lois DeFleur's salary. State University of New York spokeswoman Casey Vattimo said the salary was "a reflection of the unive Read More
Is New York state ungovernable? Back in April, Gov. David Paterson seemed to think so. Confounded by the Legislature’s paralysis in the face of a deepening fiscal crisis, the lame-duck governor complained to the Wall Street Journal that New York la Read More
OBSERVER Staff Report A report regarding state, county and municipal payrolls by the Empire Center for Public Policy has found that an area law attorney earned $294,979 for his work in six different municipalities in its 2009-10 listings. Micha Read More
The federal government has some good news for state workers and others who are covered by one of New York's major insurance plans: they'll get a break on premiums thanks to a program designed to defray the coverage costs for early retirees. The st Read More
Charlie Baker is a Republican health care executive who hopes to unseat Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this November, in part with a plan he cleverly calls " Baker's dozen ," or 13 ways to save taxpayers well over $1 billion that includes vario Read More