Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index New York Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper New York | Albany Lawmakers May Get Their First Raise in 20 Years. Do They Deserve One? Supported by A special committee has recommended a $50,000 raise by 2021, coupled with a cap on outside income. ByJesse McKinley Dec. 9, 2018 Considering Albany’s rotten reputation, the idea of giving New York’s 213 elected lawmakers a raise is a tough sell. On Thursday, they took a giant step toward that goal when a four-person commission get a hefty raise: a $30,500 hike next year, bringing their base pay to $110,000. Two more raises of $10,000 per year will follow in 2020 and 2021. Albany’s elected officials currently make $79,500 a year, before various perks and stipends, a salary that hasn’t budged in nearly 20 years, when Gov. George E. Pataki approved a salary hike in exchange for the creation of charter schools in the state. That was in 1998. If adopted — the commission is set to issue a final report by Monday — the state’s lawmakers would be on pace to receive the largest base salaries of any state’s elected officials, surpassing… Read full this story
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