ALBANY – Allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo blocked a pay raise Tuesday for New York’s 213 state lawmakers, arguing the Legislature should limit the amount of private income legislators can earn before getting a public-salary bump.
A panel tasked with setting the pay rate of lawmakers, state agency heads and certain statewide officials failed to reach consensus at its final scheduled meeting.
Cuomo’s appointees announced at the start of the meeting that they wouldn’t support any legislative pay hike Tuesday.
The New York State Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation faced a Tuesday deadline to recommend a new salary level, which would have automatically become law unless lawmakers blocked it.
It would have been the first raise for lawmakers and agency commissioners since 1999. As it stands, lawmakers receive an annual base salary of $79,500, with most receiving additional stipends for leadership positions.
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