Sentences with phrase «judicial pay»

At issue is a wrinkle in the state's judicial pay commission, which increased pay for judges last year, with the base pay for a Supreme Court justice growing to $ 193,000 in 2016 and $ 203,000 in 2018.

The disparity between judges» salaries and those of their private sector colleagues is frequently invoked as justification for judicial pay raises.

Similarly, the decline in judicial pay in real terms since 1969 occurred largely during the inflationary period of 1969 - 1975; since 1975, salaries have stayed roughly within the same zone in real terms.

Since the last judicial pay increase, New York State judges» salary levels have fallen precipitously behind those of their peers in other states, and New York currently ranks near the bottom of national judicial salaries.

The Review Body has recommended that all judges receive a consolidated one per cent pay rise this year and is carrying out a major review of judicial pay, which is scheduled to be completed by June 2018.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn't been asked about this lately, particularly given the state's precarious fiscal position — something that needs to be kept in mind, Thompson acknowledged, as judicial pay raises are contemplated.

The Assembly worked until 4 a.m. Tuesday, and managed to pass bills that created a commission to examine judicial pay and an education bill that would freeze the per - child allowance paid by school districts to charter schools.

An upstate judge is taking aim at Sheldon Silver's wallet in the escalating war over judicial pay.

The consultation did not cover judicial pay rates or the differentials between salary groups.

'' Round - Up from SCOTUSblog Justice Kennedy spoke today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, primarily about judicial pay and cameras in the courtroom.

First and foremost, thanks to the vision and leadership of the Legislature and former Governor Paterson, a permanent quadrennial judicial compensation commission was enacted into law to take judicial pay out of the political arena... While every one of us must be prepared to make sacrifices in this era of tough choices, judges have begun their 13th consecutive year of sacrifice — and that's just too much based on any objective standard.

«District Attorney salaries are directly tied to statutorily required increases in judicial pay, which were recently recommended by the NYS Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation,» said spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

James Coll, a veteran New York City detective who lectures on constitutional law, is appealing a Long Island judge's recent dismissal of his lawsuit seeking to kill a commission considering state legislative, executive, and judicial pay raises.

County officials are pressuring Albany lawmakers to pass the bill after a judicial pay commission recommended pay hikes for state judges, whose salaries are linked to that of district attorneys.

Also on the agenda, which appears in full after the jump: Renaming the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for former Gov. Hugh Carey and creating a commission to evaluate and adjust judicial salaries (no mention of legislative salaries, which have traditionally been linked to judicial pay).

In the judicial pay commission's first meeting since court administrators urged immediate pay parity between state Supreme Court justices and federal district court judges, some members appeared to latch onto the court proposal.

The Judicial Pay Compensation Commission approved a new proposal today that would gradually increase minimum for jurists through 2014 to $ 174,000 in a 4 - 3 vote.

A veteran New York City detective who lectures on constitutional law is appealing a Long Island judge's recent dismissal of his lawsuit seeking to kill a commission considering state legislative, executive, and judicial pay raises.

Still, many feel that Roberts hasn't made a persuasive enough case for a judicial pay raise.

Even with the judicial pay cut, Walters still lived comfortably, so he could always give Curtis some consideration.

Eric Turkewitz of New York Personal Injury Blog views the recent increases as a wake - up call for increasing judicial pay, noting that at $ 160,000 a year plus bonus, first - year associate salaries surpass those of federal judges (who make $ 162,500 annually).