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                        The Syracuse Common Council held the vote on pay raises for mayor, councilors and city auditor following a discrepancy with a pay increase for some of the city's non-union employees.
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                        Gov. Andrew Cuomo, members of the state Legislature, and judges in New York will not receive a pay raise next year due to the state’s $14 billion budget…
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                        At the request of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration, the city council withdrew legislation on a four-and-a-half year contract with the police…
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                        Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh issued his first veto on Monday, rejecting legislation that gives the mayor, councilors and city auditor pay raises. But the…
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                        The salaries of Syracuse councilors, the mayor, council president and city auditor will likely be going up, after the council approved the pay raises on…
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                        It has been almost 16 years since Syracuse common councilors had a salary increase. The council is now reviewing whether pay raises are needed.Syracuse…
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                        A proposal to raise the salaries of Syracuse councilors and the mayor is already causing tension at city hall. During Wednesday’s council meeting,…
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                        Democratic state legislators are beginning the New Year with some resentment towards Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over a deal that gives them a big raise…
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                        New York lawmakers' pay raises, which are being challenged in court, are expected to go into effect Jan. 1 and would increase legislators' pay by more…
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                        A government reform group has filed a lawsuit to stop a pay raise granted to state lawmakers by a compensation commission.The conservative-leaning…