Sentences with phrase «over legislative pay raises»

There's also a clips of Sen. Eric Adam's infamous «show me the money» speech on the floor of the Senate back in December 2007 during a debate over legislative pay raises.

- Discussions continue over a legislative pay raise, as well as term limits and a ban on outside income.

Externally, the Legislature will be facing a governor recently re-elected to a second term who pushed a hard line in negotiations over a legislative pay raise.

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Even this year, when a number of lawmakers threatened to disrupt his annual State of the State address with protests over the governor's refusal to go along with legislative pay raises, Cuomo didn't plead with them or negotiate.

Stonewalling a pay raise over the issue might increase the odds that the problem gets solved, but it could be to the detriment of the members who rely solely on their legislative pay, many of whom are minorities who live in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods where costs of living have soared since the last increase.

In the statement, Azzopardi called out Skoufis by name, and attributed his skepticism to sour grapes over the failed legislative pay raise.

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.

Cuomo's comments came after a dust up last week on the commission examining salaries in the legislative, judicial and executive branches in state government over whether legislators were making a clear enough argument for a pay raise.

Negotiations over a state legislative pay raise are set to go down to the wire next week with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature facing off in a game of political hardball.

That kind of money in the pipeline would trigger gleeful ribbon - cuttings all over the state and perhaps some justification for a legislative pay raise for lawmakers who voted for it.

Legislators are fuming that Cuomo broke his word about the state pay raise commission that he promised would «depoliticize» the debate over legislative pay.

In recent meetings, the pay panel has appeared to be deadlocked over the question of recommending legislative raises.