NY State Lawmakers Nation’s Best Paid
After Gifting Themselves 30% Pay Raise
Posted By: Imright, 1/2/2023 10:06:21 AM
New York lawmakers are now officially the highest paid state legislators in the land after they awarded themselves a massive pay raise. Members of both houses, 63 senators and 150 Assembly members, are getting a pay boost of $32,000 for a new base salary of $142,000, under a bill Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a day before her inauguration Sunday. That’s just shy of a 30 percent lift over their previous salary of $110,000, AP reports. The Democratic Party holds supermajorities in both houses of the New York State Legislature.
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Truth Social:
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McConnell to launch new year with joint
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