«I certainly think we're better off raising legislative salaries,» said Schneiderman, who believes per
diem payments provide the wrong financial incentives, since it encourages lawmakers to stay in Albany instead of their home districts when the legislature is not in session.
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Diem Payments: Attorney General Schneiderman proposed ending per diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimburseme
Diem Payments: Attorney General Schneiderman proposed ending per diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimbur
Payments: Attorney General Schneiderman proposed ending per
diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimburseme
diem payments — which provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimbur
payments — which
provide a daily allowance for legislators while in the Capitol — and replacing them with reimbursements for the actual costs of travel, with a cap on reimbursements.