Newly retired1 “full career”2 members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) collected an average of $103,859, according to , the Empire Center’s transparency website. The data, received from the New Read More
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Two New York City employees received more than $300,000 in overtime payouts, according to fiscal year 2025 , the Empire Center’s government transparency website. The city paid a total of $2.9 billion in overtime during fiscal year Read More
K-12 SOS is a pilot project of the Empire Center to inform parents, politicians, and decision-makers about the state of K-12 education in New York State. Determining why certain schools perform better than others is beyond the scope of this resea Read More
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s payroll surpassed $8 billion in 2024 – a 2.6 percent increase since 2023, according to , the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Overtime, as measured using payroll records, tota Read More
Spending by state lawmakers on office personnel and administrative costs varies widely, with some paying out nearly twice as much as others on their office operations, according to the most recent reported, posted to SeeThroughNY.net Read More
School districts presenting budgets to voters on Tuesday, May 20, plan to spend an average of $35,012 per student, up 4.6 percent from the current school year, according to new state data. Data collected by the state Education Dep Read More
Refer to the dashboard at the bottom of the page for the enrollment data for each school district since the 2013–14 school year.Enrollment in New York public schools during 2024-25 remained steady at 2.24 million, according to . Helped by Read More
Twenty-three New York State employees collected over $200,000 each in overtime, according to posted today on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. Read More
A total of 522 local government employees in New York (outside New York City) were paid more than $300,000 during the 2023-24 fiscal year, more than double the previous year’s tally of 208. Read More
New York officials are celebrating the potential arrival of a major computer chip manufacturer. Applying "the Micron test" reveals many obstacles that other companies face. Read More