A report published today by a state watchdog think tank shows how municipally owned hospitals skew the costs of employment in the state’s towns and counties. Read More
Tag: Taxes and Spending
Move over, Jimmy Fallon. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week that New York State will steer $16 million in subsidies to CBS to keep the "Late Show" in Manhattan under its next host, Stephen Colbert. Read More
The region's highest paid local government employees work for the town of Greece, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
Police and firefighters top the list of Western New York’s highest-paid municipal employees, starting with a cop from Lackawanna. Read More
Cheektowaga and Hamburg (village) police are the highest-paid in Western New York, with average pay near $100,000. Read More
The highest-paid local government employee in the Southern Tier was paid $220,920 by Steuben County. Read More
The Center’s analysis revealed that all 11 of the highest-paid municipal employees in the North County (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties) were employed by Massena Memorial Hospital or Lewis County General Hospital; 10 of these employees had the same pay ($255,000) during this period. Read More
The two highest-paid local government employees in the region were Utica police officers Wayne A. Manolescu, who was paid $162,559, and James B. Watson, Jr., who was paid $153,697. Read More