A new survey shows that most county websites in the Southern Tier still have a lot of room for improvement. According to the Empire Center's first annual See Through N.Y. Website Report Card, more than 70 percent of counties got a failing grade, including Broome County. Read More
The earnings limit for younger retirees collecting both pensions and pay from government can be waived “temporarily” in certain circumstances. Read More
A non-profit research group says the town of Wilton has the Capital Region’s best municipal website. Read More
Schuyler County's official website has been judged New York's best county site. The website is located at schuylercounty.us. The ranking was announced in the 2014 SeeThroughNY Local Government Website Report Card by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
After more than five years as chancellor of the State University of New York, Nancy Zimpher is on the verge of getting a substantial pay raise, according to interviews. Read More
Five area school superintendents have made the list of the top 20 salaries in the north country for 2013-14 in a report released Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
The number of school district employees outside of New York City who are paid more than $100,000 has jumped nearly 50 percent since 2008. Yet, that’s still just half of what the highest-paid school employee in the Mohawk Valley made during the last year, according to data from the Empire Center in Albany Read More
Eighty-five percent of websites for the state’s largest area governments and school districts are failing to provide taxpayers with basic easy-to-find information, according to ratings announced Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More