Doug Schneider and Joseph Spector report on Pressconnects.com - “New York’s unemployment might be at near-record levels, but the number of state workers earning six-figure incomes continues to grow significantly and reached a record level last year.

More than 23,000 state employees - including hundreds in the Southern Tier - were paid more than $100,000 in 2009. In a year when unemployment figures hovered near double digits and a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit loomed, the number of six-figure earners on the state payroll increased by 16 percent after jumping 28 percent the previous year.”

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