Guess how much the head of the New York Public Library makes. I ask people this and they shoot off guesses they think are high. $150K? Nope. A quarter-million? Still low. Okay, okay, $500 thousand. Not there yet.
He made $688K in 2008. That’s down from when he made $800K in 2005. You’re probably thinking I’m making this up. Nope. Read about it in the New York Times. Do your own research on payrolls at SeeThroughNY.net.
He’s not alone. There are nearly 80,000 public employees in New York State who make over $100,000 a year. More than 32,000 of them make over $120K and over 8000 make over $150K.
Career politicians are proposing across the board pay freezes and cutting teachers. It makes more sense for those getting fat paychecks from the taxpayers to take a haircut.
We can save more money for both the state and for local governments by bringing these high-flying salaries back down to earth.
