Category: Press Releases

A total of 752 school district educators in the Mid-Hudson region were paid more than $200,000 in fiscal year 2025-26, according to payroll data reported to the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS). Of those, 34 were paid more than $300,000. The highest paid was Northeast CSD Superintendent Raymond Castellani, at $389,357. Read More

A total of 1,361 school district educators on Long Island were paid more than $200,000 in fiscal year 2025-26, according to payroll data reported to the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS). Of those, 75 were paid more than $300,000. The highest paid was Roslyn UFSD Superintendent Allison Feldman, at $436,976. Read More

One hundred fourteen school district educators outside New York City were paid more than $300,000 in fiscal year 2025-26, up from 90 a year earlier, according to payroll data reported to the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) and now available on SeeThroughNY.net. The highest paid was Roslyn UFSD Superintendent Allison Feldman, at $436,976. Read More

Lewis County employees held nine of the North Country's ten highest-paid local government positions in fiscal year 2025-26, most of them physicians and medical staff, . Jeffery Hellinger, a Lewis County employee, was the highest paid, at $265,978. Read More

Eight local government employees in the Mohawk Valley had gross pensionable earnings of more than $200,000 in fiscal year 2025-26, . Four were county elected officials and three were Oneida County correction officers. The highest paid was Christin Read More

Mary Nobilski, a Steuben County employee, was the Southern Tier's highest-paid local government employee in fiscal year 2025-26, at $309,582, . She was the only local employee in the region paid more than Governor Hochul's $250,000 salary. Read More

Syracuse police officers held all ten of the highest-paid local government positions in Central New York during fiscal year 2025-26, . John Tassini was the highest paid, at $282,861. Statewide, the 179,222 employees of New York's counties, Read More

Rochester police officers held eight of the ten highest-paid local government positions in the Finger Lakes region during fiscal year 2025-26, . Robert Hill was the region's highest-paid employee, at $314,040. Statewide, the 179,222 employ Read More