New York State

New York State Agency Use of Overtime and State Workforce Trends, 2015 – 2024

New York State agency overtime costs increased 10.2% in 2024 for a total of $1.3 billion, while the number of overtime hours increased by 7.8%, or 1.8 million hours higher than the previous year. This was the second year in a row the workforce increased to an average annual total of 151,309, but headcount is still below where it was in 2019 and markedly lower than 15 years ago when it was over 177,000.

DiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years in Prison for Stealing $700,000 from Medicaid Program

The owner of a Schenectady County medical transportation company today was sentenced to serve three to nine years in state prison and pay restitution of $766,600 for stealing more than $700,000 from New York state’s Medicaid program and over $60,000 from the state’s unemployment insurance program