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View Comments ALBANY - Overtime costs at state agencies in New York increased 5.5% last year as COVID-19 put some departments into high gear to address the pandemic, records showed. Overtime surged in particular at the state Department of Labor as it grappled with an unprecedented rise in unemployment claims last year. Overtime jumped nearly $25 million in 2020 at the labor department compared to 2019, accounting for 56% of the total overtime increase at state agencies last year. Additionally, 15 state workers each raked in more than $150,000 in overtime last year — in most cases more t...

ALBANY - Overtime costs at state agencies in New York increased 5.5% last year as COVID-19 put some departments into high gear to address the pandemic, records showed. Overtime surged in particular at the state Department of Labor as it grappled with an unprecedented rise in unemployment claims last year. Overtime jumped nearly $25 million in 2020 at the labor department compared to 2019, accounting for 56% of the total overtime increase at state agencies last year. Additionally, 15 state workers each raked in more than $150,000 in overtime last year — in most cases more than doubling t...

Press-Republican SARANAC — Saranac Town Clerk Mary L. Bell, 54, is accused of falsifying records and faces multiple felony counts. State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie announced the Redford woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly hiding her failure to deposit more than $800 in cash payments to the town that she had collected as clerk between April and August 2017. “Ms. Bell, as an elected official, swore to act with honesty and integrity,” DiNapoli said in a statement. “Instead, she took advantage of her position to manipulate the...

The Pros and Cons of Privatizing Government Functions Outsourcing may seem like a perfect solution for deficit-plagued governments, but the morning after can bring some unpleasant surprises. November 29, 2010 •  Last summer, residents of Maywood, Calif., woke up one morning to find the government as they knew it gone. After years of corruption and mismanagement, the small, blue-collar city south of Los Angeles fired almost all of its employees, dismantled its police department and contracted with a neighboring city to take over most municipal tasks. On ...

by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square contributor  | April 30, 2021 06:00 PM Print this article The record $212 billion budget New York lawmakers passed earlier this month includes an estimated $26.7 billion in revenues from new resources. That’s according to an analysis released Thursday by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The new resources include federal aid tied to COVID-19 legislation, tax increases and the creation of new initiatives – including the legalization of recreational marijuana and the authorization of mobile sports betting. While the budget increase...