Sixteen of New York's 20 highest-paid local employees in 2012-13 were police officers, including a dozen from the Nassau County department, according to an annual report on public payrolls across the state. The "What They Make" report from the Empire Center for Public Policy... Read More
A new report showing pay for New York's county and municipal employees lists one public worker from Long Island getting near $360,000 in Suffolk County followed by a police officer paid $306,000 in neighboring Nassau County. The report from the Empire Center for Public Policy... Read More
Local government is a labor-intensive business, and employee compensation is the single biggest element of most municipal budgets. The 2012-13 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
One of teaching’s most hallowed traditions may be on the way out under a new contract that is on the table in a northern Westchester County district. Read More
Workers in five Westchester cities have the highest average municipal salaries among city employees in the state outside of New York City, a report released Thursday by the Empire Center for Public Policy found. The report, which covered April 2012 to March 2013, also found county workers in the Lower Hudson Valley are among the best paid at that level of government. Westchester County employees earned the highest average salary at $80,322, followed by Putnam workers at $66,537. Rockland employees ranked fifth in the state at $61,764. Two Westchester correction officers were among the 10 highest-paid employees overall in the state, each raking in about $275,000 — more than double their base pay. Read More
Local governments in New York had a nearly 9 percent increase in full and part-time employees in the past fiscal year, but the average salary dropped, a report Thursday found. The dichotomy suggested that local governments may be hiring workers, but they are being paid less, and government is relying more on part-time help, the report from the Empire Center for Public Policy found. Read More
County employees in Westchester earned an average of $80,322 a year in 2012-13, according to a report released by the Empire Center on Thursday. That was the highest paid county employee average in the state. Read More
City of Schenectady employees have the highest average pay of any city employees in the Capital Region for the last fiscal year, according to a report compiled by the non-partisan fiscal watchdog Empire Center. Read More