The Empire Center for Public Policy has posted 2011 state government payroll data to its SeeThroughNY database. According to the Empire Center, the database includes the base pay rates and total pay received by the 288,539 people who worked in the Read More
Parrying questions about his pension position during an interview in Albany with Susan Arbetter of WCNY, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said “My position on pensions hasn’t changed.” He’d initially been asked about E.J. McMahon’s urging Cuomo to firm Read More
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano is embroiled in yet another bitter battle with one of the county’s most powerful unions, the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association. The PBA has launched an all-out offensive to block Mangano’s Communit Read More
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s February 2012 audit of the Syosset School District suggests that it spends exponentially more on salaries and benefits for administrators than districts with comparable standing. Syosset’s administrati Read More
Top state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle threw cold water on Gov. Cuomo’s proposed pension overhaul yesterday. The Legislature’s top Democrat told Cuomo to work out the plan with unions — which staunchly oppose it — and the Senate� Read More
The state pension reform debate veered into the thicket of opposing studies and statistics Friday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and public sector unions continued talks in efforts to reach a compromise. One study showed that public employees who left the j Read More
Gov. Cuomo yesterday turned the heat up on lawmakers to cut New York’s staggeringly expensive pension system — while the state’s biggest labor organization launched a million-dollar TV ad blitz to protect it. Cuomo called his Tier VI pension Read More
Imagine not having to file a Freedom of Information request for records that are available under the state disclosure laws. That’s what Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, envisions as the next step for Read More