State's overtime pay is up $65 million so far this year

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By Gazette staff writers

State agencies spent more than $462 million on overtime in the first nine months of 2013, a jump of $65 million over the same period in 2012, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli revealed earlier this week.

Four agencies had the largest dollar increases in overtime costs, accounting for 70.3 percent of the state’s overtime spending. The Department of Corrections spent $121,898,691 so far in 2013, an increase of $20,585,480, or 20 percent, over the same period last year.

The Department of Transportation has spent $36,124,015 so far, an increase of $13,923,388, or 63 percent.

The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has spent $95,337,757, an increase of $8,354,725, or 10 percent.

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