Overtime costs at New York state agencies jumped 22.7% in 2025 to a total of $1.6 billion, even as overtime hours rose a far smaller 5.9%, or 1.4 million hours, according to an annual report released ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York State agencies spent $1.6 billion on overtime in 2025, a 22.7% jump from the previous year, even as the state workforce ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York State spent a record $1.6 billion on overtime for government workers last year as job growth surged in the private sector. The Department of Corrections and ...