The 2014 edition of "What They Make" finds that Ramapo's general town employees and town police were the highest-paid in the state. Read More
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Charles E. Ewald was paid $414,527 by Suffolk County. Read More
The town's general employees and police were the highest-paid local government employees in each category in the Finger Lakes region. Read More
The highest-paid local government employee in the region was Onondaga Community College Senior Vice President David W. Murphy, who was paid $195,462. The second highest-paid employee was Jason T. Stepkovitch, a psychiatrist who was paid $189,894 by Cortland County. Read More
Bethlehem, Guilderland and Colonie town police were the highest-paid local government employees in the Capital Region, according to our 2014 "What They Make" report. Read More
The Empire Center for Public Policy today released the 2014 edition of “What They Make,” an overview of local government payrolls for the counties, towns, cities and villages (outside New York City) for the period of April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. Read More
Local government is a labor-intensive business, and employee compensation is the single biggest element of most municipal budgets. The 2013-14 edition of What They Make, the Empire Center's annual report on public payrolls, allows New York taxpayers to compare this key element of local government costs around the state... Read More
It is not common for school districts to reach an on-time or early agreement on a new contract with their teachers unions. Under the Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law, the terms of the existing contract remain in effect until a new agreement is ratified. Teachers continue to receive their step raises. Read More