At the Schenectady Community Action Project, the numbers of people seeking help continue to climb... Read More
Category: Media Coverage
Several state and local retirement funds have balked at disclosing the pensions of individual government workers, triggering lawsuits that claim taxpayers have the right to such information. The showdown comes amid growing scrutiny of public-secto Read More
A new report by the Empire Center for Public Policy contains findings about local government in the Mohawk Valley that at first seem counterintuitive. Labor Day is a good time to take a closer look. The area’s county, town and village government Read More
State Controller Thomas DiNapoli is supposed to keep an eye on the bottom line, but his website gives state workers tips on padding their pensions, a new report said Friday. The state's top bean counter tells public employees to stockpile vacation Read More
The Empire Center for Public Policy did an analysis of the last six months of office spending by state lawmaker and found that Sen. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, spent the most—$880,201 on his legislative office operations and staff. They said that’s Read More
Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D-Bronx), spent $880,201 on his legislative office operations and staff in the most recent six-month period reported by the State Legislature - nearly $273,000 more than former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R- Read More