"Those employees 'directly hired' by the office will get paychecks.
Without it, 160 million people who get paychecks would have to pay the government nearly $1,000 more.
But as Paul Sullivan writes in his Wealth Matters column this week, the very wealthiest Americans — those worth hundreds of millions or more — usually don't get paychecks.
"This is a way to help people get paychecks rather than unemployment checks," said Mason Bishop, the deputy assistant secretary for employment and training at the Labor Department.
By mid-summer, irritation with the governor was running high in both houses, and lawmakers were pressuring Mr. Bruno and Mr. Silver to get paychecks issued again.
While Mayor Dave Bing and members of the City Council still get paychecks, the move stripped them of most authority, raising questions about how much influence their successors would be able to wield.
To get paid today: New York State employees, even though the legislature missed a 5 P.M. deadline in passing the latest emergency budget bill, threatening the state's ability to get paychecks out on time.
The big office buildings in flood zones have made major steps to move systems or flood-proof them, so the core of our economic system can bounce back, and people can go to work and get paychecks.
