Call him the million-dollar cop. Old Westbury Police Chief Daniel E. Duggan retired last year after 40 years on the force with a salary and severance package totaling more than $1 million, according to village records. Read More
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It's safe to say that few Capital Region residents split their time between an upstate residence and a rent-controlled apartment in the five boroughs. So with just 11 days left in the legislative session, should the citizens of Albany, Niskayuna or East Greenbush be concerned about housing policy in New York City? The short answer: You bet. Read More
Aided by a $1.3 billion state bailout, the state Thruway Authority on Monday approved a 2015 budget that includes no toll increase this year and directs $909 million to fund the ongoing construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge in the Hudson Valley. Read More
On Thursday, the state Senate will consider a bill to force all heating oil in New York to contain at least 2 percent biodiesel. It’s a feel-good, do-harm idea — not least because the law would harm everything it’s supposed to help. Read More
Three of the five people polled by a Post-Star reporter Monday said they were not following the school budget process in their community. Read More
On a drumbeat led by a lot of old statewide faces, a big new one joined the chorus Tuesday in Albany. Read More
Tuesday's school budget votes marked the fourth year in which school districts, as well as other governmental bodies such as towns and counties, have been living under the property tax cap that Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through at the start of his first term. Read More
A near record number of school budgets were approved across New York State in Tuesday’s vote. Many attributed the relative lack of controversy to the three-year-old property tax cap that limits tax-levy increases and an increase in state aid. Read More