When an Amsterdam resident noted that one traffic light at an intersection was replaced with nine lights, he called NewsChannel 13, asking us to find out if the taxpayer money funding that many new lights was really necessary.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3029516.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Sat, 11 May 2013 06:54:45 EDT http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3016513.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Wed, 1 May 2013 10:31:35 EDT NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said the State's public authorities have run up a troubling amount of debt without enough accountability or voter approval.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2954313.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:53:02 EDT When it comes to spending money at the state Capitol, sometimes government employees don't even consider the cost.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2928084.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:13:06 EDT A growing scrap heap is all that's left of a doomed state project to run high speed trains between New York City and the Capital Region. Critics said it's been a financial drain on taxpayers.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2883366.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Wed, 2 Jan 2013 18:19:59 EDT Funding to put new roofing on part of the Town's park pool building is being paid for with disaster relief aid, even though the building wasn't damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. The Waste Th]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2859626.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Fri, 7 Dec 2012 18:14:04 EDT A Latham company is accused of bilking taxpayers out of thousands of dollars. Achievements PLLC is a special education service provider.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2841004.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:30:40 EDT The Waste Watchers wanted answers. But the DMV commissioner walked away, saying little about a contract for a Canadian company that could cost taxpayers $38 million more to produce drivers licenses.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2834926.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:43 EDT NewsChannel 13 wraps up its week of reporting on state agency overtime, which added up to 469-million-dollars in the last fiscal year. There's a difference of opinion on how to reduce it, and save taxpayers money. BuThere]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2821911.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:48:25 EDT NewsChannel13 looks at a fourth state agency in our week-long series of reports on overtime. Who foots the bills for those costs? Taxpayers.]]> http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2820438.shtml?cat=12166 wnyt.com Fri, 2 Nov 2012 10:12:42 EDT