New York State residents pay some of the highest local taxes in the nation. Until now, however, New Yorkers have had no easy way to compare basic fiscal measures for the local governments that account for a large share of the taxes they pay. 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
Eighty-five percent of the websites for New York’s 500 largest counties, municipalities and school districts failed to earn a passing grade in the Empire Center’s first annual SeeThroughNY Website Report Card 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
The data, posted Thursday at government transparency project SeeThroughNY.net, show that the highest-paid school employee in 2014 was Riverhead Central Schools Assistant Superintendent Joseph Ogeka Jr., who earned $376,340. Read More
The number of school district employees outside New York City paid more than $100,000 has jumped from 32,914 in 2008-09 to 48,703 in 2013-14, according to a report from the Empire Center for Public Policy, representing a 48 percent increase over the last five years. Read More