A small Long Island village had the highest-paid group of local government employees last year, according to the Empire Center’s 2015 “What They Make” report.
The village of Lloyd Harbor’s 12 police officers were paid an average of $187,973. A total of 175,327 records, detailing $9.31 billion in pay, were examined for the report, and are now searchable on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s transparency website.
The data also show Peter F. Brower, the now-retired Ramapo police chief, was the highest-paid local government employee outside New York City last year. He was paid $369,088.
Forty of the 50 highest-paid local government employees were police officers. Twenty-four of them worked for Nassau County.
The report uses pay data reported to the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015. The amounts listed in the report do not include fringe benefits such as health insurance or employer pension contributions, which can add 35 percent or more to the cost for taxpayers.
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