How much do they make?

March

Lazying about with nothing to do? Not too interested in going over the bills on your desk or finishing up that 2008 income tax return? Take a gander at what the people we elect, and those who are appointed to run state government, earn.

Thanks to the Empire Center for New York State Policy, “a project of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,’’ a conservative and fiscal think-tank, there is a Web site with data bases on all kinds of information — including payrolls for local school districts, villages, towns, cities, counties and public authorities throughout New York state.

Let’s hear it for transparency.

Today, the center announced it posted the payrolls for the state’s executive, legislative and judicial branches for 2008.

Visit www.seethroughny.net and poke around a bit. It’s educational — after all, these are our local and state tax dollars at work. And cruising the site sure beats doing your own financial paperwork.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 at 10:39 am by Laurie Nikolski. | Email This Post

One Response to “How much do they make?”

Steve C. March 24th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I have been saying this all along. we elect only the wealthy.

WE dont have a single elected official in high office that makes less than 500K a year.

everyone thinks bloomberg is magnanimous for making a dollar a year. he does that because he gets a write-off and he also owns most of the city so all the new laws always have a positive impact on his wallet.

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