ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he was “shocked” to learn 28 top officers in the state police got raises of more than $20,000 last month as some 900 state workers were facing layoffs.

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DEPEW — Printing company Quad/Graphics is reducing the work force at its western New York plant by about 20 percent after the first of the year. A spokeswoman for the Wisconsin-based company ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans earned more and spent more last month, and the number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in more than two years. At the same time, demand for long-lasting manufactured goods fell off.

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NEW YORK CITY — Democratic Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday the state cannot continue to employ people at prisons or other public facilities if their jobs are no longer needed

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ALBANY — Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino says he would lay off thousands of public workers to fix New York's fiscal crisis. Paladino tells WGDJ-AM in Albany that Democratic ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A wave of government layoffs in September outpaced weak hiring in the private sector, pushing down the nation's payrolls by a net total of 95,000 jobs.

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ALBANY — The two major party candidates for New York governor say they support Gov. David Paterson's plan to shed 2,000 state jobs by the time he leaves office Dec. 31.

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ALBANY — New York Gov. David Paterson on Thursday ordered that 2,000 state jobs be cut through layoffs and attrition by Dec. 31, according to a memo to agency commissioners.

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ALBANY (AP) — Gov. David A. Paterson said Tuesday he’s putting together a plan that would lay off thousands of state government workers at the beginning of next year to help balance the state budget.

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Roughly a year and a half after New York State lawmakers put in place their version of the WARN Act, officials have released revised rules on parts of the legislation.

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