F. F, F, F, F, F, F and F. Those are grades you certainly wouldn’t want to bring home to your parents. Read More
Tag: SeeThroughNY
A total of 665 state and local government workers have permission to collect both a full-time salary and retirement payments, according to a new report. Read More
The Empire Center reported Monday that 665 retired public workers in New York had authorization this year to "double dip" and keep collecting pensions while getting paid for jobs after returning to work in the public sector. Read More
The Cayuga County Legislature Ways and Means Committee held a pair of spirited meetings last week regarding the proposed 2015 county budget. Much of the discussion centered around spending cuts, and specifically how expense reductions would translate into jobs eliminated. The county is facing tough financial times, and in order to balance the budget and set operations on a more stable path, some tough choices must be made. With that in mind, county officials should be doing all they can to share information about the budget with the public. What we've seen so far, however, has been minimal at best. Read More
The City of Binghamton is one of the highest taxing cities in New York State. That's according to the Empire Center for Public Policy, which said the city's 2.5 percent effective tax is the most when compared to local governments outside of New York City. Read More
White Plains last year had the highest total taxes per capita among cities in New York, while Binghamton had the highest effective property-tax rate in the state, a review Monday found. Read More
New York State residents pay some of the highest local taxes in the nation. To help New Yorkers compare some of the basic fiscal measures for local governments, the Empire Center for Public Policy has calculated effective property tax rates and per-capita values for the spending, debt and tax levels of counties, cities, town and villages throughout the state, excluding only New York City. Read More
Albany and Binghamton topped the list for property taxes in the 2014 update of Benchmarking New York, the Empire Center web tool that connects users with tax, spending and debt data from local governments outside New York City. Read More