The Saratoga Springs Housing Authority Board of Directors decided Thursday to reevaluate Executive Director Ed Sypchalski’s salary in the wake of public outcry over pay raises. His salary has doubled over the past six years. "We felt the salary Read More
Pension reform is one of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s highest priorities this year. In both his state of the state speech, and more formally in his budget proposal, the Governor laid out his vision for fixing what many perceive to be the state’s broke Read More
In a major blow to the Empire Center For State Policy’s long fight to make public a New York City police pension fund, the state Court of Appeals decided this month that it would not hear the case. The lower court’s ruling to keep private the Read More
SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website, Tuesday updated their publicly available database to include 2011 state government payroll information. The database includes names, titles, base pay rates, and total pay rec Read More
A conservative think tank ripped Gov. Cuomo for saying public pensions could be sweetened if the economy improves. He told reporters this week, “Reduce [benefits] to the level you can afford today . . . three years from now, let’s say the econ Read More
Today New Yorkers can search the complete 2011 state government payroll on seethroughny the Empire Center’s government transparency website. The database includes names, titles, base pay rates, and total pay received by the 288,539 people who worke Read More
Gov. Cuomo’s their boss, but 1,252 underlings on the state payroll made more than he did last year. That’s a nearly 26 percent increase over 2010, when 996 state workers got paid more than then-Gov. David Paterson. And while the g Read More