Despite the recession and a state hiring freeze for agencies, the state Senate has added 161 new staff positions, given raises to employees and boosted payroll after last summer's leadership coup, state records show.
Nine hundred state employees made more than Gov. David Paterson's $179,000 salary in 2009, according to a report by the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative think tank.
The Census Bureau is spending your tax dollars to send out millions of letters, reminding you that census forms are coming soon, but some say this massive mailing is a waste of your tax dollars.