The Web site SeeThroughNY, which monitors government pensions and payrolls, said the new retirees swelled the exclusive six-figure club to more than 2,700. The figure has doubled over the past five years, the group said. Read More
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Even though he was no longer employed as a principal, Cafiero earned a salary of $144,469 from the district last year, according to SeeThroughNY.com. Read More
Hotaling earned $87,117 in 2012, and $98,897 last year, according to the See Through NY database. I wasn't able to determine the amount of his pension Wednesday, but it will certainly will be comfortable. Read More
A graduate of Kenmore West High School, Mang earned an associate degree from Erie Community College and was a member of the Kenmore Fire Department. He earned $70,538 in 2013, according to the SeethroughNY.net website operated by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
The data comes after the state Court of Appeals ruled last week that pension systems in New York must release the names and details of its pensioners. The state Teachers’ Retirement System, as well as New York City pension funds, had refused to release the information because lower court rulings hadn’t required it to be made public. The lawsuit that led to the ruling was brought by the Empire Center for Public Policy. The think tank received the information this week and posted it on its website,www.SeeThroughNY.net. Read More
Boosted in many cases by enormous overtime totals, the average pay of employees at the bi-state Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is among the highest found in any of the region’s large public-sector employers, as reflected in 2013 payroll records posted today at SeethroughNY.net, the Empire Center's transparency website... Read More
For national Sunshine Week, the Empire Center for Public Policy did its part to help make New York a brighter place. Every day a new effort was highlighted. Read More
Governor Cuomo today marked Sunshine Week by launching Open New York, a really cool portal for finding government data online -- without having to file a Freedom of Information Law request. The site launched with 267 data sets populating it. That's a respectable number, but a fraction of what could eventually be on the site. Read More