A proposed $15 minimum wage could cost the state nearly 200,000 jobs, two fiscally conservative groups contended in a report Thursday. Read More
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Some call it a slush fund for state politicians to use for special projects to curry favor in their districts. It's a $1.1 billion dollar state grant fund that our Greg Floyd first told you about more than a year ago. Now there are new projects and new concerns about what many call a less-than-transparent process. Greg breaks down the numbers and gets two very different opinions on the fund from the two top money people in state government. Read More
The Nassau County Police Department is bracing for at least 70 retirements through the end of the year as officers take advantage of overtime earned during superstorm Sandy to boost their pensions. Read More
Fifty-seven Long Island educators ranked among the 100 highest-paid employees in the state's public schools and colleges during the 2014-15 academic year, according to the latest compensation figures from the New York State Teachers' Retirement System. Read More
The state's Teachers Retirement System said its rate of return was 5.2 percent for last fiscal year and will lower its expected rate of return from 8 percent to 7.5 percent a year. Read More
State lawmakers have been dipping into a new fund of legislative earmarks, spending millions of dollars on everything from renovating parks and playgrounds to hotels over the last three years. Read More
So-called Pork Barrel spending is back in Albany politics, making a quiet return this year in the form of what are now called legislative earmarks. Millions of dollars of these earmarks are being doled out for a variety of projects by both legislative chambers. And as Capital Tonight's Nick Reisman shares, it should come as no surprise that good government advocates aren't thrilled with the earmark system, and they're calling for more transparency while legislative leaders defend the program. Read More
E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, joined Fred Dicker to discuss the latest upstate jobs numbers. Read More