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Your Comments: What are the state police doing to warrant salaries approaching $200,000? - syracuse.com
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Why New York Is In Trouble – 290,304 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $38 Billion
New York State Police - Troop A- Z/Sgt Corey Harmon receiving the Trooper William V. McDonagh award for his outstanding community service in Niagara & Orleans Counties. From left Major Steven Nigrelli,
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