The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s top earner last year raked in a budget-busting $344,147 in overtime — on top of his $117,499 salary, according to data released Tuesday by the Empire Center fiscal-watchdog group. Read More
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Gelinas gave the terse assessment of the MTA’s payroll and the study by the Empire Center that shows some transit workers living higher off the hog than the Transit Authority own president, Andy Byford. Byford’s pay – to run the entire bus and subway operation – is $325,600. Read More
According to a report from the Empire Center, MTA costs increased by 16 percent last year, bringing payroll totals to some $418 million. That is $82 million more than the transit system expects to earn via the current year's round of fare, ticket and toll hikes, the report says. Read More
The Empire Center for Public Policy this week filed Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) appeals with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) after six of its seven subsidiaries failed to release public payroll records. Read More
State lawmakers spent $7.8 million on postage for campaign-style mailings to constituents in the six-month run-up to last year’s elections, according to data added today to SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s transparency website. Read More
Maximum pension benefits averaged $68,902 for the 2,598 members of the New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS) who retired last year with at least 30 years of credited service time, according to data posted today on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s transparency website. Read More
You can now see how much everyone who worked for New York State's executive, legislative or judicial branches made in 2018. Non-profit, non-partisan think tank The Empire Center, based in Albany, compiled the complete 2018 New York state government payroll, which you can view here . Read More
The complete 2018 New York State government payroll is now posted on SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More