Another Abuse Study Group or Real Reform?

by Gary Snyder

The Wall Street Journal updates us that N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that a task force will investigate salaries and other compensation at nonprofit agencies where he says about 2,000 workers are paid more than $100,000 a year. Its creation comes after The New York Times (see yesterdays NI story) reported high salaries at nonprofit organizations receiving Medicaid funding for the developmentally disabled. The newspaper reported that two brothers received nearly $1 million a year and billed their group for their children's college education. The group will also recommend other fiscal controls to "ensure taxpayer dollars are used to serve and support the people of this state, not pay for excessive compensation." Cuomo said a 2010 preliminary analysis by the state found that nearly 2,000 employees had salaries averaging just under $169,000 a year.





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