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State workers' overtime up $50M in 2012; Bedford Hills worker tops list of earners

Originally published: January 23, 2013 9:25 PM
Updated: January 24, 2013 11:05 AM
By YANCEY ROY AND JOAN GRALLA  yancey.roy@newsday.com

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is shown in

Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is shown in this file photo. (Oct. 9, 2012)

ALBANY -- As Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration tries to rein in costs, one element of state spending has grown dramatically in the past year: overtime pay.

Topping the list of state workers raking in the overtime: a nurse at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Mercy Mathew. She is paid an annual salary of $58,468 but hauled in an additional $150,630 by working 2,517 overtime hours,...

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