{"id":533337,"date":"2023-01-01T08:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T05:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hochul-signs-bill-giving-ny-state-legislators-pay-increase\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T08:39:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T05:39:01","slug":"hochul-signs-bill-giving-ny-state-legislators-pay-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-signs-bill-giving-ny-state-legislators-pay-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hochul signs bill giving NY state legislators pay increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a357da97709f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a357da97709f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-signs-bill-giving-ny-state-legislators-pay-increase\/#%E2%80%9CHochul_signs_bill_giving_NY_state_legislators_pay_increase%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hochul signs bill giving NY state legislators pay increase&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHochul_signs_bill_giving_NY_state_legislators_pay_increase%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Hochul signs bill giving NY state legislators pay increase&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/hochul-new-york-wedding-893-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation granting state lawmakers a pay raise from $110,000 to $142,000 per year that will make them the highest paid legislators in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that legislators need to be compensated for the hard work that they do. People don\u2019t realize the sacrifice that they make being away from their families,\u201d Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) said ahead of a special session held last week where legislators <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved the salary increase.<\/p>\n<p>Signing the legislation bought Hochul some goodwill among members of the state Senate and Assembly on the eve of her inauguration as the first female governor to ever win a full, four-year term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Not a single Republican in either chamber voted for the pay increase sponsored by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers).<\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers, though, will have to accept some limits on outside income that will effectively amount to $35,000 per year alongside the $32,000 pay boost that will become effective at the beginning of 2023, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2021\/s9617\">according to the legislative language.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hochul is duking it out with lefty members of the state Senate over her nomination of Hector LaSalle to become chief judge of the Court of Appeals. Critics point to a handful of cases LaSalle heard while serving on the state Supreme Court Appellate Division\u2019s Second Department in Brooklyn while arguing he would make the state\u2019s highest court too conservative for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>LaSalle\u2019s supporters counter that he simply values the rule of law over ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul had played coy for more than a week about whether she would sign the pay raise bill following a special session last week called by Stewart-Cousins and Heastie. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have many bills on my desk \u2026 so I will address that in proper time,\u201d Hochul said Dec. 23 \u2014 two weeks after saying a salary increase was fine by her if legislators approved limits on outside income as well. <\/p>\n<p>Critics to her political right have lamented how she didn\u2019t similarly bless a special session in recent months to address purported issues with controversial criminal justice reforms that Republicans and some Democrats blame for rising crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf @GovKathyHochul had any political courage, she would not only veto the ridiculous $32,000 pay raise, she would have called us back for a special session to deal with the disastrous cashless bail,\u201d Assemblyman Michael Lawler (R-Rockland), who was elected to Congress in November, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawler4ny\/status\/1606346142924488704?s=20&amp;t=TjZ7-Bp28039BdmXijPbtQ\">tweeted<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, it\u2019s business as usual in Albany.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Kathy Hochul has signed legislation granting state lawmakers a pay raise from $110,000 to $142,000 per year that will make them the highest paid legislators in the nation. \u201cI believe that legislators need to be compensated for the hard work that they do. 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