More than 1,000 state employees earned more last year than the $179,000 base salary of New York's governor, according to 2010 state employee salary data released Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Public university administrators, pr Read More
Column by Mark Scheer — New York’s taxpayers owe a debt of gratitude to the Empire Center for Public Policy. The Empire Center is the group that does all of the heavy lifting that it takes to make various public payrolls and contracts and expe Read More
Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Superintendent Norm Reed will be resigning his position effective June 2012. Reed said the transition to a new leadership team was planned but has been moved up to assist the district in coping with the financial crisis. Read More
Salaries of SUNY and CUNY employees made headlines two weeks ago when the Empire Center for Public Policy released 2010 state employee salary data, which showed that nearly 1,000 state employees earned more than New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo. The Read More
No teachers-union contract? No problem! A state law that has forced the city to give out nearly $300 million in fat raises to a majority of teachers is frustrating Mayor Bloomberg's effort to persuade the teachers union -- and its allies in Albany Read More
Checking the 2010 salaries of state employees is only a few mouse clicks away. The 2010 salaries of over 200,000 state employees are available at seethroughny.net, a website promoting government transparency. According to a press release from the Read More