New York lawmakers poised to be highest paid in country [View all]
New York’s elected officials are poised to become the highest paid in the country next year.
With a base pay of $79,500, New York’s state legislators are already the third highest in the country, but they will be jumping to first in a few weeks when their salaries increase to $110,000 a year, based on a recommendation from a compensation committee. The salaries could get to $130,000 in 2021, which would be more than $22,000 higher than the second best paid legislators in the country.
The committee is also calling for the state comptroller and attorney general salaries to reach $220,000 in 2021.
The recommendations for the state legislators, comptroller and attorney general carry the weight of law, unless the state Legislature returns to Albany in a lame duck session to overrule their decisions. Increases after 2019 might be tied to “performance” metrics that the committee will define on Monday.
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