A streak of record late budgets in the early 2000's and more recently, a series of corruption scandals has made it politically difficult for lawmakers to vote for a pay raise. (nynow.wmht.org)
He said at the top of his agenda will be ethics changes to respond to a string of corruption scandals. (wrvo.org)
But he said a run - in with a photographer that left his grandson with a split lip made him reconsider the impact of the corruption scandal was having on his family. (nystateofpolitics.com)