1,803 NY Workers Paid More Than Cuomo: Report

ALBANY (AP) —

Some 1,803 local government employees outside of New York City have been paid more than Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $179,000 salary in the past year, writes the Empire Center for Public Policy.

The report from the fiscally conservative group for the year ending March 31 shows 47 of the 50 highest-paid municipal employees working for police departments or sheriff’s offices and each taking home more than $250,000.

Topping them all is Charles Ewald, a jail warden paid $414,527 by Suffolk County. The 22 police officers of the village of Kings Point are the highest-paid group in the state, with average pay of $196,143.

Westchester employees show the highest pay on average, with $184,865 for police and $76,652 for other workers.

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