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
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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
The city of Auburn has one of the top five websites among cities in New York state, according to a report released by The Empire Center for Public Policy. The results were not as positive for Cayuga County and the Auburn City School District, however, as both government entities received failing grades from the organization. Read More
Eighty-five percent of the websites for New York’s largest local governments and school districts are failing to provide taxpayers with basic, easy-to-find information, according to the 2014 SeeThroughNY Local Government Website Report Card, released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
A new study finds that 13 of the highest paid educators outside New York City are located in the lower Hudson Valley. Read More
Former Niskayuna Central School District Superintendent Susan Kay Salvaggio was the highest-paid school district employee in the Capital Region during the 2013-14 school year, according to data released by the Empire Center on Thursday. Read More
Administrators at Long Island school districts continue to rank among the top earners in the state, occupying nine of the top 10 slots, according to figures compiled by an Albany-based think tank. Former Riverhead Central School District Assistant Superintendent Joseph Ogeka Jr., who retired earlier this year, drew the highest overall compensation, with $376,340 during the 2013-14 academic year, according to figures released Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More