What's New

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Fiscal year 2024 payroll records for 562,898 New York City employees were posted today.

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Payroll Data for 8,189 employees of the Research Foundation for SUNY was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 135 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Public authority payroll records for 89,454 employees in 2022, 87,367 employees in 2023, 13,454 employees in 2024 have been updated.

AUGUST 14, 2024

Public authority payroll records for 83,996 employees in 2021, 89,454 employees in 2022, and 83,096 employees in 2023 have been added.

AUGUST 6, 2024

Pension data was uploaded today for 472,922 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

AUGUST 1, 2024

Pension Data for 15,949 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

JULY 25, 2024

Pension data for 52,417 members of the NYC Police Pension Fund has been updated today.

JULY 24, 2024

Pension data for 20,925 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

MAY 30, 2024

Payroll records for 8,541 Port Authority of NY & NJ employees were uploaded today.

MAY 7, 2024

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s 2023 payroll for 80,187 employees has been posted today.

APRIL 19, 2024

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 256 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

APRIL 11, 2024

Legislative Expenditures, for the 12-month period October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, were posted today.

APRIL 3, 2024

A total of 1,334 new police, fire, teacher, superintendent, and school district labor union contracts were uploaded today.

MARCH 27, 2024

Pension records for 91,410 NYC Teachers' Retirement System retirees in calendar year 2023 have been updated.

MARCH 27, 2024

Pension data for 169,234 members of New York State Teachers Retirement System has been updated for 2023.

MARCH 4, 2024

2023 payroll records for 289,168 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Teacher Pay data for 2021-22 school year was updated today.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

2022-23 payroll data for 184,100 New York State local governments (outside New York City) was added today.

DECEMBER 4, 2023

School District Payroll data for 379,855 employees was posted today.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 233 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Pension data was uploaded today for 467,419 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Payroll records for 8,205 Port Authority of NY & NJ employees were uploaded today.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Fiscal year 2023 payroll records for 552,938 New York City employees were posted today.

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Updated pension data for 15,796 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Pension data for 20,519 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Payroll Data for 8,002 employees of the Research Foundation for SUNY was posted today.

JULY 26, 2023

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s 2022 payroll for 77,320 employees has been posted today.

JULY 24, 2023

A total of 595 new police, fire, teacher, superintendent, and school district labor union contracts were uploaded today

JULY 5, 2023

2022 pension data for 156,061 New York City Employees' Retirement System retirees was added today.

JUNE 2, 2023

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 118 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority

JUNE 1, 2023

Public authority payroll records for 80,548 employees in 2020, 83,978 employees in 2021, and 87,224 employees in 2022 have been added.

MAY 9, 2023

A total of 2,353 new police, fire, teacher, superintendent, and school district labor union contracts were uploaded today.

APRIL 5, 2023

Updated payroll records for 292,113 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Legislative Expenditures, for the 12-month period October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, were posted today.

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Pension records for 86,638 NYC Teachers' Retirement System retirees in calendar year 2022 have been updated.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 421 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Teacher Pay data for 2021-22 school year was updated today.

JANUARY 25, 2023


Pension data for 166,579 members of New York State Teachers Retirement System has been updated for 2022.

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Pension data for 51,654 members of the NYC Police Pension Fund has been updated today.

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Public authority payroll records for 83,822 employees in 2021 and 13,943 employees in 2022 have been added.

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Fiscal year 2022 payroll records for 613,054 New York City employees were posted today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

School District Payroll data for 371,280 employees was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Payroll Data for 7,615 employees of the Research Foundation for SUNY was posted today.

AUGUST 31, 2022

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 212 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

AUGUST 26, 2022

Updated pension data for 15,639 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

AUGUST 26, 2022

Pension data for 19,733 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

AUGUST 19, 2022

2021-22 payroll data for 180,820 New York State local governments (outside New York City) was added today.

JULY 29, 2022

Pension data was uploaded today for 462,568 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

JULY 8, 2022

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 276 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

JULY 8, 2022

Public authority payroll records for 172,947 employees in 2021 have been added.

MAY 4, 2022

2021 pension data for 152,117 New York City Employees' Retirement System retirees was added today.

APRIL 29, 2022

Payroll records for 8,150 Port Authority of NY & NJ employees were uploaded today.

APRIL 22, 2022

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll for 2021 has been posted today. It includes records for the public authority's 75,075 employees.

APRIL 20, 2022

Legislative Expenditures, for the period ending September 30, 2021, were posted today.

MARCH 11, 2022

Benchmarking New York was updated with new local government spending, debt, and tax data for 2020.

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Updated payroll records for 289,006 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

JANUARY 11, 2022

Pension data for the New York State Teachers Retirement System has been updated for calendar year 2021.

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fiscal year 2021 payroll records for 573,477 New York City employees were posted today

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 305 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

School District Payroll data for 346,992 employees was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Pension data was uploaded today for 457,384 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

2021 payroll records for 171,363 county and municipal employees have been added.

AUGUST 18, 2021

Public authority payroll records for 79,146 employees in 2020 and 11,073 employees in 2021 have been added.

AUGUST 12, 2021

Updated pension data for 15,582 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

AUGUST 10, 2021

Pension data for 18,904 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

JULY 15, 2021

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 174 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

JULY 12, 2021

Health Research Inc. payroll records from 2018 through 2020 have been posted today.

JULY 8, 2021

2020 pension data for 150,563 New York City Employees' Retirement System retirees was added today.

JUNE 21, 2021

Health Research Inc. employee payroll data has been added today dating back to 2012.

JUNE 16, 2021

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with the 2021-22 Enacted Budget data.

JUNE 9, 2021

Payroll records for 9,586 Port Authority of NY & NJ employees were uploaded today.

MAY 17, 2021

2020 Property Tax Data has been added to Benchmarking New York.

APRIL 15, 2021

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll for 2020 has been posted today. It includes records for the public authority's 76,585 employees.

APRIL 1, 2021

Updated payroll records for 289,448 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

MARCH 16, 2021

Legislative Expenditures, for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2020, were posted today. 

MARCH 10, 2021

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 159 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Pension records for 84,041 NYC Teachers' Retirement System retirees in calendar year 2020 have been updated.

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Pension data for the New York State Teachers Retirement System has been updated for calendar year 2020. 

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with the 2021-22 Executive Budget data.

DECEMBER 18, 2020

School District Payroll data for 370,984 employees was posted today.

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Fiscal year 2020 payroll records for 590,210 New York City employees were posted today

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Payroll Data for 7,516 employees of the Research Foundation for SUNY was posted today.

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Legislative Expenditures, for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2020, were posted today. 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Updated pension data for 15,576 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Pension data for 18,624 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 229 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Pension data was uploaded today for 441,095 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

JUNE 24, 2020

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll for 2019 has been posted today. It includes records for the public authority's 80,132 employees.

 

MAY 27, 2020

Payroll records for 9,795 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey employees from 2019 were uploaded today.

MAY 13, 2020

A total of 204 new police, fire, teacher, and superintendent contracts were uploaded today.

MAY 12, 2020

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today with an additional 590 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

APRIL 29, 2020

Calendar year 2019 pension data for 147,459 New York City Employees' Retirement System retirees was added today.

APRIL 16, 2020

An updated list of 9274 requests for Section 211 Waivers has been posted today.

MARCH 12, 2020

Legislative Expenditures, for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2019, were posted today.

MARCH 2, 2020

A total of 177 new superintendent contracts were uploaded today.

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with the 2020-21 Executive Budget data.

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Pension records for 83,753 NYC Teachers' Retirement System retirees in calendar year 2019 were posted today.

JANUARY 28, 2020

Updated payroll records for 307,114 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

JANUARY 28, 2020

Pension data for the New York State Teachers Retirement System has been updated for calendar year 2019. 

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A total of 221 new police, fire and teacher contracts were uploaded today.

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

2019 Property Tax Data has been added to Benchmarking New York.

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

 An updated list of 8839 requests for Section 211 Waivers has been posted today.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Fiscal year 2019 payroll records for 13,615 public authority employees, totaling $800 million, has been added.

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Benchmarking NY was updated with 2018 local government budgets and revenues data.

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Updated pension data for 15,616 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

OCTOBER 21, 2019

School District Payroll data for 373,236 employees was posted today.

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Payroll Data for 6,780 employees of the Research Foundation for SUNY was posted today.

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Legislative Expenditures, for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2019, were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Pension data for 18060 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Calendar year 2017 and 2018 pension data from the New York City Employees' Retirement System was added today.

AUGUST 21, 2019

Payroll records for 190,795 local government employees were posted today.

AUGUST 13, 2019

Fiscal year 2019 payroll records for 592,719 New York City employees were posted today

AUGUST 7, 2019

Pension data was uploaded today for 436,872 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

JULY 18, 2019

Fiscal year 2018 payroll records for 73,884 public authority employees, totaling $4.5 billion, has been added.

JUNE 4, 2019

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including an additional 917 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

MAY 15, 2019

An Updated list of 8434 requests for Section 211 Waivers have been updated today.

APRIL 25, 2019

Payroll records for 9131 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey employees were uploaded today.

APRIL 23, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll for 2018 has been added today. It includes records for the public authority's 80,057 employees.

MARCH 26, 2019

A total of 220 new police, fire, teacher, and superintendent contracts were uploaded today.

MARCH 13, 2019

Legislative Expendituresfor the 6-month period ending September 30, 2018, were posted today.

MARCH 4, 2019

Pension data for the New York State Teachers Retirement System has been updated for calendar year 2018. 

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Updated payroll records for 297,437 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

JANUARY 30, 2019

Pension records for 82,638 NYC Teachers' Retirement System retirees were posted today.

JANUARY 28, 2019

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with the 2019-20 Executive Budget data.

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Public authority payroll data for 32 Fuller Road Management Corporation employees was posted today.

DECEMBER 7, 2018

An updated list of 8072 requests for Section 211 Waivers has been posted today.

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Benchmarking NY was updated with 2017 local government budgets and revenues data.

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A total of 615 new police, fire, teacher, and superintendent contracts were uploaded today.

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Fiscal year 2018 payroll records for 546,161 New York City employees were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

School district payroll data for 375,153 employees was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Legislative Expendituresfor the 6-month period ending March 31, 2018, were posted today.

AUGUST 27, 2018

Payroll records for 189,632 local government employees were posted today.

AUGUST 7, 2018

Pension data was uploaded today for 426,473 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

JULY 31, 2018

An updated list of 7,704 requests for Section 211 Waivers has been posted today.

JULY 26, 2018

Updated pension data for 15,548 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

JUNE 14, 2018

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including 2,740 capital grants funded by the state Dormitory Authority.

MAY 16, 2018

Payroll records for 74,660 public authority employees, totaling $4.4 billion, has been added.

APRIL 23, 2018

2016 & 2017 Property Tax Data has been added to Benchmarking New York.

MARCH 27, 2018

Payroll records for 8,169 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey employees were uploaded today.

MARCH 6, 2018

Legislative expenditures, for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2017, were posted today.

MARCH 2, 2018

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll for 2017 has been added today. It includes records for the public authority's 79,289 employees.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Updated payroll records for 341,044 employees of the state's executivelegislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with the 2018-19 Executive Budget data.

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Calendar year 2016 pension data from the New York City Employees' Retirement System were added today.

JANUARY 31, 2018

Updated pension data from the NYS Teachers' Retirement System were added today.

JANUARY 16, 2018

Pension records for 81,411 NYC Teachers' Retirement System retirees were posted today.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A total of 374 new police, fire, teacher, and superintendent contracts were uploaded today.

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Benchmarking NY was updated with 2016 local government budgets and revenues data.

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

An updated list of 7,365 requests for Section 211 Waivers has been posted today.

OCTOBER 10, 2017

School district payroll data for 371,920 employees was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Payroll records for 188,745 local government employees were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Legislative Expendituresfor the 6-month period ending March 31, 2017, were posted today.

AUGUST 23, 2017

Pension data for 16,918 members of the NYC Board of Education Retirement System has been posted today.

AUGUST 17, 2017

Updated pension data for 15,606 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

AUGUST 3, 2017

Fiscal year 2017 payroll records for 562,266 New York City employees were posted today.

AUGUST 2, 2017

Pension data was uploaded today for 410,764 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

JUNE 23, 2017

Payroll records for 75,821 public authority employees, totaling $4.3 billion, has been added.

JUNE 23, 2017

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including records of 1,782 local projects funded by taxpayer dollars.

JUNE 6, 2017

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with the 2017-18 Enacted Budget data.

MAY 19, 2017

An updated list of 7,097 requests for Section 211 Waivers has been posted today.

APRIL 7, 2017

Payroll records for 8,017 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey employees were uploaded today.

MARCH 8, 2017

A total of 270 new police, fire, teacher, and superintendent contracts were uploaded today.

MARCH 2, 2017

Legislative expenditures, for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2016, were posted today.

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Updated pension data from the NYS Teachers' Retirement System and the New York City Teachers' Retirement System were added today.

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed 2017-18 Executive Budget.

JANUARY 30, 2017

Updated payroll records for 305,882 employees of the state's executive, legislative, and judicial branches were posted today.

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Public Authorities payroll data has been updated today, including fiscal year 2016 information for 30 municipal authorities.

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Pork-Barrel Spending was updated today, including records of over 4,000 projects funded by taxpayer dollars.

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Benchmarking NY was updated with 2015 local government budgets and revenues data.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

School district payroll data for 372,461 employees was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Payroll data for 7,932 Research Foundation for SUNY employees was posted today.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Legislative expenditures, for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2016, were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Payroll records for 189,062 local government employees were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

310 new school labor contracts were added today.

AUGUST 31, 2016

Pension data was uploaded today for 400,313 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System.

AUGUST 16, 2016

Payroll records for 14,996 public authority employees have been added today.

AUGUST 11, 2016

Fiscal year 2016 payroll records for 544,817 New York City employees were posted today.

AUGUST 10, 2016

2015 Property Tax Data has been added to Benchmarking New York.

AUGUST 2, 2016

Updated pension data for 15,557 retired New York City Fire Department employees has been added today.

JUNE 23, 2016

Payroll data for 74,988 public authority employees, totaling $4.1 billion, has been added.

JUNE 22, 2016

Pork-Barrel spending was updated today, including 1,675 grants approved during the final hours of the legislative session.

JUNE 9, 2016

Benchmarking New York was updated with 2014 property tax data.

MAY 16, 2016

A downloadable database of nearly 700 Police and Fire Contracts was added today.

MAY 11, 2016

An updated list of requests for Waivers has been posted today.  

MARCH 22, 2016

Payroll records for 7,842 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey employees were updated today.

MARCH 9, 2016

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll has been updated, it includes records for the public authority's 77,252 employees.

MARCH 3, 2016

Assembly and Senate legislative expenditures, for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2015, were posted today.

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The names and pension benefit rates of more than 78,523 New York City Teachers' Retirement System retirees were added to SeeThroughNY today.

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Updated pension data from the NYS Teachers' Retirement System, totaling over $6.5 billion, were added today.

JANUARY 29, 2016

Updated payroll records for 291,553 employees of the state's executive, legislative, or judicial branches were posted today.

JANUARY 27, 2016

The Explore Your State Budget app has been updated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed 2016-17 Executive Budget.

JANUARY 19, 2016

More than 3,000 state grants (pork-barrel spending), totaling more than $400 million, were added today.

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Payroll data for New York City employees were added today.

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Updated payroll data for 375,025 school district employees were posted today.

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Updated pension data for 15,574 retired New York City Fire Department employees were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

State pension fund data, which includes maximum benefit amounts for 394,020 retirees, were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Assembly were posted today.

JUNE 24, 2015
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Assembly were posted today.

JUNE 17, 2015
Pension data for New York City Fire Department employees was posted today. This new data set includes name, maximum allowable benefit rate, retirement date and last known employer for 15,911 retired New York City Fire Department employees collecting pensions in 2014.

JUNE 4, 2015

Payroll data for 14,017 employees of New York State public authorities is now available.

MARCH 19, 2015
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Senate were posted today.

MARCH 17, 2015
Benchmarking New York was updated with 2013 property tax data.

MARCH 16, 2015
Payroll records for the 7,846 employees of the Port Authority of NY & NJ were updated today

FEBRUARY 12, 2015
Pension data for 227,456 retired educators were posted today. The new data includes retirees from the NYC Teachers Retirement System and the NYS Teachers Retirement System.

FEBRUARY 4, 2015
The 2014 state government payroll, which includes pay received by 292,395 people who worked in the state's executive, legislative, or judicial branches, was posted today.

JANUARY 29, 2015
Payroll records for more than 100,000 individuals from 124 public authorities, industrial development agencies and other public entities were added today.

NOVEMBER 25, 2014
352 new school labor contracts were posted today.

NOVEMBER 24, 2014
Benchmarking New York was updated with new local government budgets & revenues data.

NOVEMBER 10, 2014
A complete list of “waivers” allowing retired state and local workers under age 65 to collect full pension benefits plus unlimited post-retirement work earnings from government has been posted.

OCTOBER 27, 2014
Payroll data for 8,155 Research Foundation for SUNY employees was posted today.

OCTOBER 9, 2014
School district payroll records for 367,867 employees was updated today.

OCTOBER 6, 2014
Pension data for 90,927 retired New York City government employees was posted today. The new data includes retirees from two of the five NYC retirement systems; the NYC Teachers Retirement System and the NYC Board of Education Retirement System.

OCTOBER 2, 2014
Payroll data for 509,525 New York City government employees was posted today.

AUGUST 7, 2014
The most recent legislative expenditure data, covering the period from Oct. 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 and totaling nearly $109 million, was released today.

JULY 23, 2014
Payroll data for 178,490 city, county, town, and village government employees, outside of New York City, is now available.

JUNE 4, 2014
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll has been updated, it includes records for the public authority's 71,837 employees.

MAY 28, 2014
Updated state pension fund data, which includes maximum benefit amounts for 385,947 retirees, was posted today.

MAY 16, 2014
Pension data for educators' were posted today. This new data set includes name, benefit rate, retirement date and last known employer for retired school teachers and administrators collecting pensions in calendar years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

APRIL 23, 2014
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Assembly were posted today.

APRIL 15, 2014
Payroll records for the 7,401 employees of the Port Authority of NY & NJ were updated today.

MARCH 20, 2014
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Senate were posted today.

MARCH 4, 2014
Payroll data for 67,050 employees of New York State public authorities is now available.

FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Payroll data for 476,705 New York City government employees were posted today.

FEBRUARY 25, 2014
178 school labor contracts were posted today.

FEBRUARY 11, 2014
The 2013 state government payroll, which includes pay received by 287,431 people who worked in the state's executive, legislative, or judicial branches, was posted today.

JANUARY 27, 2014
Regional median teacher salary charts for the 2012-13 school year were posted today.

JANUARY 9, 2014
156 school labor contracts were posted today.

OCTOBER 15, 2013
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Legislature were posted today.

OCTOBER 7, 2013
Earnings for 384,186 school employees were posted today.

AUGUST 22, 2013
Payroll data for 179,806 city, county, town, and village government employees, outside of New York City, is now available.

JUNE 12, 2013
Updated state pension fund data, which includes maximum benefit amounts for 376,509 retirees, was posted today.

APRIL 9, 2013
Updated legislative expenditures for the New York State Legislature were posted today.

JANUARY 30, 2013
The 2012 state government payroll, which includes pay received by 291,364 people who worked in the state's executive, legislative, or judicial branches, was posted today.

JANUARY 25, 2013
The new "Explore Your State Budget" app provides New Yorkers with the ability to instantly access, browse through and download financial details of the state budget.

JANUARY 18, 2013
Payroll data for 62,545 employees of New York State public authorities is now available.

NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Earnings for 366,640 employees of New York State school districts, including teachers and other employees, were posted today.

OCTOBER 16, 2012
Payroll data for 165,554 city, county, town, and village government employees, outside of New York City, is now available.

OCTOBER 11, 2012
Updated legislative expenditure data was posted today

JUNE 11, 2012
Updated pension benefit data for 367,806 retired New York state and local government employees were posted today.

FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Payroll data for 288,539 New York State government employees were posted today.

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Payroll data for 394,443 New York City government employees were posted today.

NOVEMBER 21, 2011
360 school labor contracts were posted today.

NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Earnings for 373,971 school employees were posted today.

OCTOBER 11, 2011
Updated legislative spending data were posted today.

OCTOBER 6, 2011
The names and pension benefit rates of more than 16,000 New York City Fire Department retirees were added to SeeThroughNY today.

OCTOBER 4, 2011
The names and salaries of more than 168,000 people who worked for New York's county, city, town and village governments in 2010-2011 were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Updated pension benefit data for 352,771 retired New York state and local government employees was posted today.

JULY 12, 2011
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll has been updated, it includes records for the public authority's 73,919 employees.

JUNE 29, 2011
Payroll records for the 7,345 employees of the Port Authority of NY & NJ were updated today.

MAY 18, 2011
Pension benefit data for 136,644 retired school teachers and administrators was updated today.

MAY 12, 2011
Benchmarking New York was updated to include new local expenditure data and an all new Property Tax Calculator.

MARCH 17, 2011
Payroll records for the 273,983 state government employees, who worked for the state in 2010, were released today.

FEBRUARY 8, 2011
NYC Council pork-barrel member-item spending -- $54.4 million worth -- for fiscal 2011 has been posted.

JANUARY 31, 2011
Retirement allowances for 44,370 retired NYC police officers, minus names withheld by the pension fund (more on that here), were posted today.

NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Payroll records for 402,896 public school employees, outside of New York City, were updated today. (NYC school salaries were updated as part of the city payroll in July.)

OCTOBER 6, 2010
Pension data for 203,474 retired New York City government employees was posted today. The new data includes retirees from three of the five NYC retirement systems; the NYC Employees Retirement System, the NYC Teachers Retirement System and the Board of Education Retirement System.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Updated school labor contracts for 77 teacher unions and 112 school superintendents were posted today.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Office expenditures of individual state Senators and Assembly members for the six month period ending March 31, 2010 have been posted.

AUGUST 26, 2010
The names and salaries of more than 186,000 people who worked for New York's county, city, town and village governments in 2009-2010 were posted today.

JULY 28, 2010
Payroll data for 409,878 New York City government employees was posted today. This new data set includes names, titles, base pay rates and total pay received in 2009.

JUNE 16, 2010
Pension data for 342,543 retired New York state and local government employees was posted today. This new data set includes name, benefit rate, retirement date and, in most cases, last known employer for all individuals collecting pension benefits from the New York State and Local Retirement System.

JUNE 2, 2010
The MTA payroll was updated today. Included are names, titles, base pay rates and total pay received for the 74,708 employees who worked for the MTA in 2009.

MAY 13, 2010
Updated school labor contracts for 71 teacher unions and 62 school superintendents were posted today.

MAY 12, 2010
Pension data for educators' was posted today. This new data set includes name, benefit rate, retirement date and last known employer for 134,796 retired school teachers and administrators collecting pensions in 2009.

APRIL 13, 2010
The Port Authority of NY & NJ payroll was updated today. Included are names, titles, base pay rates and total pay received for the 7,449 employees who worked for the Port Authority in 2009.

MARCH 31, 2010
Payroll files for public authorities were posted today. The new data include names, titles, base pay rates and total pay received for 59,979 public authority employees.

MARCH 17, 2010
Office expenditures of individual state Senators and Assembly members for the six month period ending September 30, 2009 have been posted.

MARCH 10, 2010
New Yorkers today can search the payroll records of the 298,247 state government workers employed by New York State in 2009.

FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Salaries of 262,088 teachers and administrators employed by New York State's public schools and colleges during the 2008-09 school year were posted today.

FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Office expenditures of individual state Senators and Assembly members for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 have been posted.

NOVEMBER 16, 2009
New Yorkers can now compare and evaluate per-pupil spending for school districts during the 2007-08 school year using Benchmarking New York, an online database.

OCTOBER 8, 2009
Payroll records for 121,961 custodians, bus drivers, aides, secretaries and other non-professional public school employees were posted today. The data cover the 12 month-period ending March 31, 2009.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
The names and salaries of more than 179,000 people who worked for New York's county, city, town and village governments in 2008-2009 were posted today.

AUGUST 25, 2009
An updated staff payroll for the New York State Senate and Assembly was posted today. The payroll, current as of Aug. 17, can also be downloaded from the site in spreadsheet form. The payroll was obtained from the state comptroller's office by the Albany Times Union posted on its Capitol Confidential website, from which it was downloaded for SeeThroughNY.

AUGUST 19, 2009
Payroll files for 384 public authorities were posted today. The new data include names, titles, base pay rates and total pay received for most of the 44,320 public authority employees.

AUGUST 13, 2009
Updated school labor contracts for 77 teacher unions and 86 school superintendents were posted today.

AUGUST 5, 2009
The Empire Center today marked the first anniversary of SeeThroughNY with the posting of $148.3 million in legislative pork barrel member items for 2009-10.

JUNE 24, 2009
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll has been updated to include total pay received by each of the 78,393 people who worked for the MTA at any point in 2008 as well as each employee's pay rate as of the end of the year.

MAY 14, 2009
Salaries of 255,959 teachers and administrators employed by New York State's public schools and colleges during the 2007-2008 school year were posted today.

APRIL 16, 2009
Complete payrolls for four school districts, updated teacher union and schools superintendent contracts, and a new interactive user forum were added today to STNY.

APRIL 8, 2009
New Yorkers can now compare and evaluate per-capita spending and tax rates for counties, towns, cities and villages using Benchmarking New York, an online database. The new tool includes per-capita spending and tax totals in 16 categories as well as effective property tax rates and debt levels for 1,604 localities in the Empire State.

MARCH 23, 2009
The New York State government payroll has been updated to include total pay received by each of the 367,732 people who worked for the state at any point in 2008 as well as each employee's pay rate as of the end of the year.

JANUARY 6, 2009
The New York City payroll has been added to STNY.

DECEMBER 18, 2008
Payrolls of 19 New York public authorities--including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and regional transit authorities serving Western and Central New York--are now available.

OCTOBER 1, 2008
The latest expenditure reports from the Assembly and Senate were added to STNY today.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
Payrolls of two of New York’s largest public authorities—the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and the New York State Thruway Authority—are now available.

JULY 31, 2008
SeeThroughNY launches.