Lewis County employees held nine of the North Country’s ten highest-paid local government positions in fiscal year 2025-26, most ...

Mary Nobilski, a Steuben County employee, was the Southern Tier’s highest-paid local government employee in fiscal year 2025-26, at ...

Erie County deputy sheriff Simon Biegasiewicz was Western New York’s highest-paid local government employee in fiscal year 2025-26, at ...

Payroll records for every Long Island county, city, town, village and special district can be searched at the Empire Center's transparency website, SeeThroughNY.net. The full statewide report, What ...

Local government is a labor-intensive business. The 179,222 employees of the state’s counties, cities, towns, and villages outside New York City were paid a total of $12.0 billion during the fiscal ...

“Replacing natural gas with electricity for home heating could add hundreds or even thousands of dollars to New Yorkers’ ...

Dissatisfaction spans party and regional lines as broad majorities rally behind sweeping tax reform FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ALBANY, N.Y.

New Yorkers have reached a clear verdict: The state’s tax system is not delivering. A full 67% say they are not getting good value for their tax dollars, while 64% support eliminating the state income ...

New York City firefighters and fire officers retiring last year after full careers were entitled to average annual pension benefits of $177,016, according to new data added to SeeThroughNY.net, the ...

The desire to leave New York is strong and cuts across every demographic group measured in the survey. One-third of New Yorkers have considered leaving the state within the next five years, while ...

Albany steered $97.2 million to 206 local projects during the first half of 2026 in the newest batch of state discretionary grants, according to records the Empire Center obtained under the state ...