October, 2020 | The Buffalo Chronicle

Cuomo hits snooze on pay raises as local governments get squeezed

BY KEN GIRARDIN Governor Andrew Cuomo is again postponing pay raises for state employees—giving himself a little more budgetary breathing room without providing similar relief for local governments or school districts. According to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), which

New York State’s second quarter economic crash was the worst on record

BY E.J. McMAHON Further evidence of the massive damage done to New York’s economy by the coronavirus pandemic shutdown has emerged in the latest gross domestic product (GDP) data from the federal Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Affairs. Seasonally adjusted

Top construction official’s charges are an indictment of Cuomo’s policies

BY KEN GIRARDIN Yesterday’s indictment of New York’s top construction union official on federal corruption charges raises a big question: if private companies are paying bribes to avoid having to work with certain construction unions, why is Governor Andrew Cuomo insisting that

FDNY adds more $200K pensions as new career retirees average $140K

More than three-quarters of last year’s retirees from the City of New York’s Fire Department (FDNY) were eligible for six-figure pensions, with 40 of them eligible for pensions over $200,000 according to data posted today on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s transparency website.