Local government is a labor-intensive business, and employee compensation is the single biggest element of most municipal budgets. Read More
Tag: NY Public Payroll Watch
A Ramapo town police officer who collected $323,562 was New York State’s highest paid local government employee outside New York City during the 12 months ending March 31, according to the 2018 edition of “What They Make,” the Empire Center’s annual analysis of local government pay. Read More
Payroll data for 74,660 public authority employees, totaling $4.4 billion, have been added to SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s transparency website. Read More
Education pays–especially if you’re a top administrator, medical staffer or football coach at New York’s public colleges and affiliated hospitals. Read More
Gov. Cuomo is the state’s top elected official, but he’s far from being the highest paid state worker. Read More
The complete 2017 New York state government payroll is now posted on SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More
Governor Cuomo’s 2012-13 budget, to be presented later today, will command media attention for the rest of the week. Advance reports on his modified pension reform proposal are especially promising. Meanwhile, there’s a (fiscally) cost-free approach to helping local governments and school districts alleviate their budget problems: repealing the Triborough Amendment. Read More
Governor Cuomo’s proposal to cap arbitration awards for police and firefighters is not included in the Senate or Assembly budget bills. This may be blessing in disguise: as argued here, Cuomo’s original proposal didn’t go nearly far enough. Since the arbitration law expires on June 30, the governor remains in a commanding position to demand more. Read More