The Empire Center for Public Policy, a project of the Manhattan Institute, issued a scary report earlier this month warning that the billions of dollars a year taxpayers spend on pay-as-you-go health insurance coverage for retired state and local gov Read More
Gov. Cuomo is warning state officials of the necessity of keeping the lid on new spending for at least the next two years. Cuomo administration Budget Director Robert Megna, in a letter made public Tuesday, ordered agency heads to “assume zero g Read More
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks are battling over a series of audits that were critical of the county. Brooks, a Republican, said the audits are partisan attacks. DiNapoli, a Democrat, said his reviews are fre Read More
Police Commissioner Edward Webber is about to become Suffolk government's latest double-dipper, collecting as much as $321,000 annually in salary and pension. But Webber had to take the unusual step of retroactively retiring from a job he no longe Read More
More than 10 months after first announcing he would name a panel to tackle the state's often-criticized tax structure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office signaled Thursday that its members will be announced later in October. As part of a December deal to Read More
Most of us complain about our salaries and lack of raises, but New Hampshire legislators might have a legitimate gripe. They have been paid $200 for a two-year term since 1889. The presiding officers of both houses of the legislature — called th Read More
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, fresh from conspiring with Gov. Cuomo to raise state taxes on “the rich,” now proposes to do the same for high-earning city residents. “People who can afford more . . . should pay more,” he huffed Wednesday Read More