Comptroller: State Workforce Overtime Surged 23%, Driven by DOCCS, Prison Strike

New York spent $1.6B on overtime in 2025, driven by corrections staffing crisis

New York State agencies spent $1.6 billion on overtime in 2025, a 22.7% jump from the previous year, even as the state workforce expanded for the third consecutive year, according to an annual report released Thursday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.The increase came as agencies logged 1.4 million more overtime hours, a 5.9% rise from 2024. The state workforce, excluding SUNY and CUNY employees, grew by 4,139 positions to reach an averag…

Prison strikes and healthcare shortages just cost NY taxpayers $1.6 billion

New York State spent a record $1.6 billion on overtime for government workers last year, with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision accounting for the bulk of the expense due to short staffing and a strike among correction officers.

Record $1.6 billion overtime for state workers amid New York labor shortage

New York State spent a record $1.6 billion on overtime for government workers last year, with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision accounting for the bulk of the expense due to short staffing and a strike among correction officers.

NY prison strike helped fuel $1.6 billion in overtime pay in 2025

Overtime spending in the state jumped nearly 23% compared to the prior year.

Comptroller: State workforce overtime surged 23%, driven by DOCCS, prison strike

State workforce overtime costs increased by $1.6 billion in 2025, according to a report released by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said.

State OT costs up $1.6B in 2025

ALBANY — New York state agency overtime costs increased 22.7% in 2025 for a total of $1.6 billion, while the number of overtime hours increased by 5.9%, or 1.4 million hours, higher than the previous year, according to the annual…