Comptroller: NY State Agencies Totaled $661 Million in Overtime in 2014

According to a report by New York's comptroller, NY state agencies compiled a record $661 million in overtime pay in 2014. That is up almost $50 million from 2013.

Total overtime hours worked by state agency employees rose by 1 million to nearly 16 million last year. According to the comptroller's office, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's $180 million in overtime is nearly $20 million and more than 12 percent higher than 2013. The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities' totlaed $138 million of 2014 overtime, up more than $14 million or nearly 12 percent from the year before.

A spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the report’s “cherry-picked data” failed to mention that total state personnel costs are down $588 million since just before Cuomo took office. According to the Daily Freeman, the report said its data was taken from the state payroll system, which is maintained by the comptroller’s office. Lump sum and retroactive overtime payments were not included.