Sentences with phrase «first pay raise since»

Gov. Cuomo is still seeking a deal that would give state lawmakers their first pay raise since 1999.

Relations between Cuomo and the Legislature took a drastic turn for the worse in the fall when the governor's appointees to a special pay panel blocked what would have been the legislators» first pay raise since 1999.

Lawmakers are pushing for their first pay raise since 1999, and Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says he'd accept a deal on a salary increase that would include reform of the per diem system.

Feelings remain sore after a special session in December failed to coalesce, denying lawmakers their first pay raise since 1999.

Not exact matches

Cuomo's office in recent days has been trying to resurrect a potential special legislative session that would pave the way for the first lawmaker pay raise since 1999, legislators on both sides of the aisle said.

The same three leaders determined that an independent pay commission was the best way to take politics out of the equation and give lawmakers their first raise since 1999.

Speaker Heastie was asked whether the legislature would on its own approve a pay raise for the first time since 1999, whether or not the governor approves the idea.

«Since his first run for office in 2012, Andrew has consistently and tirelessly stood up for working families — fighting to raise the minimum wage, for pay equity for women, and to protect our environment.

Senate Republicans last year balked at returning in December for a special session that would have helped pave the way for the first legislative pay raise since 1999.

A number of the governor and judiciary's appointees to a commission that will ultimately decide whether to approve a pay raise and for how much said on Thursday they will not support the first legislative raise since 1999 unless the lawmakers make their case to the panel.

Mr. LaValle accused Mr. Shaffer of calling the conference call to distract reporters from a Newsday article published Saturday that noted Mr. Bellone raised on average the amount a Babylon resident pays in general taxes by 108 percent since 1999, when he first voted on a town budget as a council member.

But as a commission considers recommending the first state legislative pay raise since 1999 for lawmakers, Cuomo is dialing back his praise of the Senate and Assembly, citing the corruption arrests and convictions of lawmakers over the years.

And not surprisingly, there is widespread opposition to a pay raise for state lawmakers: 63 percent of those polled do not believe the Senate and Assembly should receive their first salary increase since 1998.

The failure to get a pay raise deal late last year — which would have been the first since that 1998 Pataki - era boost — still rankles many lawmakers, especially those who live downstate, where the base pay of $ 79,500 doesn't go terribly far.

A common view among legislators is that Cuomo interfered with the work of a supposedly independent commission that was tasked with recommending adjustments to their $ 79,500 base pay, the first raise since 1998.

A pay raise commission is current considering giving legislators as much as a 48 percent pay increase, the first increase since 1999.

In their fourth year in charge, in 2014, Republicans approved the state's first teacher pay raise since 2008.

Congress may soon have a chance to consider a salary increase for federal judges, with the Senate Judiciary Committee advancing a 29 percent pay raise last Thursday, the first substantial raise since 1991.

First time I ever seen thet since I been here... except when they vote themselves pay raises.