The article points out that in the counties surrounding Albany (the “Capital Region”) the average number of jobs at public schools between 2005 and 2011 was the same — 27,200 — even though student enrollment dropped by 11,000. James Ross, Read More
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In the face of a political road block in Albany, progressive groups continue their last-minute push to force an increase in the minimum wage, this time targeting Gov. Andrew Cuomo who they say can do it alone. The groups cite comments by Yale and Read More
Election results in California and Wisconsin this week are being viewed as a turning point for organized labor — to its detriment. Voters in San Jose and San Diego on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved measures that curtail public employee pension Read More
For years, New York taxpayers have been able to find out the pension benefits for retired public employees, like state troopers, corrections officers and public schoolteachers. But New York City police pension officials have refused to disclose the n Read More
More than one out of every 10 police officers and firefighters in the New York state pension system retired last year with pensions exceeding $100,000 a year, a new report shows. Of 933 uniformed officers who retired in 2011, 95 received six-figur Read More
It's not bad for government work. A federally funded jobs program that will be pay participants $51.71 an hour to clean up debris from a creek bed in Poughkeepsie has drawn fire from conservatives who say it's a textbook example of government prof Read More