The salary for the Rockland County police chief far exceeded the second highest paid employee in the list—Clarkstown Police Capt. Anthony Ovchinnikoff, who earned $270,824, according to the review of payroll records in the 2011-12 fiscal year by th Read More
The Empire Center is out with its latest list of public employee salaries across the state, with an updated data base of cities, towns and counties outside of New York City. There’s a lot of disparity in the pay, as evidenced by the tables, but Read More
Ramapo Police Chief Peter Brower was the highest paid local employee in New York in the last fiscal year, earning $321,719, a report Tuesday found. The salary for the Rockland County police chief far exceeded the second highest paid employee in th Read More
Town of Ramapo Police Chief Peter Brower -- whose $321,719 salary topped county and municipal workers statewide last fiscal year -- took a $70,000 hit on his new contract amid the town's budget woes. Brower's current two-year contract, which began Read More
Here’s a get- rich-quick scheme: land a job as a cop in the suburbs. New York’s 20 highest-paid local-government employees — mostly police officers and brass — outside the Big Apple all brought home at least $245,000 last year, according t Read More
According to the Empire Center for Public Policy, the village of Brocton is No. 1. The high ranking, however, is not flattering. It is for being the village with the highest average pay for its general employees in Western New York. Its average, f Read More
Many were left scratching their heads earlier this week - especially Brocton officials - when it was revealed the municipality of about 1,480 residents had the highest average pay for its employees in a Western New York village. According to the r Read More