BuffaloWeather

It goes all the way to the town level too. Hamburgs superintendent created a position for his son making $30+ an hour, full benefits, pension with no experience and was caught sleeping on the job several times. He just drives around and pretends he works. If you don't know someone or are friends with someone in Hamburg you cannot get a job with the town.

His book is a top 10 best seller. Should be entitled how to profit from others pain and misery. And also how to have the most amount of deaths of any states by far.

Also public employees compensation is public knowledge. You can go on the state compensation website to look at salaries. This article is from 2017 and pay rates are much higher this year. Obviously some of this includes OT, but still you should not be making 500k a year as a cop. "Local cops in towns and counties around New York state are robbing taxpayers blind with astronomical yearly salaries — including one officer who pulled down $442,000, a new report shows." Twenty-five of the top 50 earning workers hailed from the Nassau County PD, where the average salary was $150,000. The top earner there last year, Lt. Thomas Karp, made $333,345. None of them, however, topped the highest paid officer in the NYPD, who made $640,000 in 2016. https://nypost.com/2017/09/13/cops-massive-salaries-are-robbing-taxpayers-blind/ Here is one about engineers working for the states salaries. From 2016 A new report has revealed that a New York City Department of Environmental Protection worker received more than $500,000 in pay in one year — almost half of which was overtime money. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6247055/New-York-sewer-engineer-earned-500k-year-nearly-half-overtime-pay.html You work 20-25 years. Making 250k+ a year and retire with full health benefits and a pension of 5-6k per month...Must be nice.

My point still stands. He's the highest paid governor in the country while people are getting paid $200 a week UI. He receives a raise while those working in the prisons got theirs declined, despite having a contract in place with the state.

Where does the money come from for the pensions, clearly not out of your paycheck. As it would be impossible to retire in 25 years with 10% contributions and 4k a month pension for life. This is not all true. Police officers retire in 20 years, corrections officers 25 years, my friend at UB retires in 30 with full pension and is similar to the teachers pension. The public industry makes more then the private unless you're in high level manangement in the private sector or highly specialized field. Almost every cop I know in Buffalo is pulling well over 6 figures a year. Town cops in Amherst/Hamburg close to 150k.

I have loads of friends who are corrections officers. They had a contract through the state for a pay raise this year that got delayed/denied. Cuomo is the highest paid governor in the country already. He is getting a raise of $25k in January. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuomo-pay-raise-2021

I agree, but you don't write a book on how to successfully deal with a pandemic and give yourself a massive raise while everyone is living on $200 UI a week. Leaves a terrible taste in my mouth. Its on the nations best sellers, I believe top 10... https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/new-york-hospitals-sent-6300-recovering-covid-patients-to-nursing-homes/2502812/

Go look at the data, only NYC was. This was a statewide order. March, April, until May 10th I believe he was sending Covid positive elderly ones from hospitals back to nursing homes. They could have used the ship to isolate these ones and provide them with exemplary care. The ship wasn't even used.

You simply don't discharge COVID positive elderly people back into nursing homes unless the hospitals were overrun with patients. (They weren't) He changed his stance in May about that. For me it was common sense. https://nypost.com/2020/05/10/hospitals-cant-discharge-coronavirus-patients-to-nursing-homes-cuomo/ https://nypost.com/2020/10/02/it-never-happened-gov-cuomo-denies-causing-nursing-home-deaths/

So you're saying he successfully handled the pandemic despite having by far the most amount of deaths of any state? You think he should profit from other peoples sufferings? Is he the example we want to follow in how to combat this thing? He was late in applying for the extended UI because he dislikes Trump. I mean really...?

Cuomo killed 12,000 grandmas by sending them back to the nursing homes and wrote a book on how to "deal with a pandemic" that he is making tens of thousands of dollars on. He is condescending to anyone asking questions about his $25k salary increase in January while all the normal citizens suffer. He's the biggest joke of a governor in the country. To say he deserves an emmy is just pure comedy. He is profiting from the misfortune and suffering of others.

Do all vaccine side effects show up within 6 weeks, or are some months/years in the future? For instance measles, ebola, polio?

Curious as to erie counties cases today. I'm thinking over 1k.

@TugHillMatt You really need to move to Springville. 200"+ of snow a year, cheap taxes and really cheap housing since its in the boonies. It also has the conveniences of being a small town.

How long is covid contagious for? I just had a lady sit at my desk who was in the hospital for 7 days with Covid 3 weeks ago. She works as a nurse. She said it started with the worst sore throat ever, felt like a flame in her throat.

Pfizer applying for emergency vaccination approval today! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/20/covid-news-pfizer-fda-emergency-use-authorization-california-mexico/6348787002/

Pfizer applying for emergency vaccination approval today! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/20/covid-news-pfizer-fda-emergency-use-authorization-california-mexico/6348787002/

Did not know that, thanks. Only the federal government can run a deficit?

Yeah the average home price in Hamburg is $200-300k. Go in the city and its less. The suburbs around here are exploding in prices.

Yeah I think this data is old. The average there is likely $1500+?

Houses around here are getting pretty expensive. I believe the median home price in Erie County is around 200k. Average property tax is $4-7k in that range.

The Northeast is most expensive place in the US. My buddy bought a huge house in Austin for 300k. It would be more expensive here, and double the taxes.

All blue states.

I got in a discussion with someone on facebook about NYS budget about it being a "welfare state". 70% of NYS budget goes to Healthcare, Education, and Pensions. 5% goes towards socialized programs.

That will change with how he handled the pandemic. Many people I know who voted for him are changing their minds. I guess we will see in 2022. Lifetime appointments should never be a thing, but that's another discussion.