Sentences with phrase «pay raise commission»

Cuomo has been arguing with the Legislature on whether a special pay raise commission needs to be reauthorized in order for it to vote on a possible salary increase for the Senate, Assembly and governor's office before the end of the year.

Cuomo has been arguing with the legislature on whether or not a special pay raise commission needs to be reauthorized in order for it to vote on a possible salary increase for the Senate, Assembly and governor's office before the end of the year.

-- Creates a new pay raise commission that will have the power to increase salaries for state legislators and top executive branch employees.

A source with knowledge of the talks earlier today said a legislative pay raise commission — which is opposed by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — was out of the budget framework.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito made her plea for a raise for Council members to the city pay raise commission, saying in a letter to the group that salaries should be increased without specifying a number.

Cuomo has been arguing with the Legislature on whether or not a special pay raise commission needs to be re authorized in order for it to vote on a possible salary increase for the Senate, Assembly and governor's office before the end of the year.

About a week ago the idea of a pay raise commission for state - elected officials looked like a dead issue.

Webster Republican Mark Johns not only criticized the way the pay raise commission was approved he called the bill flawed.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco countered that it's the Assembly that's holding up the budget because Democratic members, including Heastie, want a pay raise commission.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco counters that it's the Assembly that's holding up the budget, because Democratic members, including Speaker Heastie, want a pay raise commission.

Assembly opposition may have been a reason that a pay raise commission was floated as a potential trade for a yeshiva deal.

I have already proposed a pay raise commission to consider additional compensation to members with no outside income, because I understand their point about not getting a pay raise for sixteen years.

The governor also has questioned the need for a pay raise for legislators, saying they should make a case before a pay raise commission and noting their job performance «has not been great.»

The governor and legislature have appointed a pay raise commission, to make a decision after the November elections on whether Senators and Assemblymembers should receive a pay raise.

Hours earlier, the pay raise commission approved by the Legislature and Cuomo held a public hearing in Albany.

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

If the pay raise commission is part of that, so be it.

The state Attorney General's Office argued the pay raise commission, which is made up of appointees of the governor, legislative leaders, and the state's chief judge, is legal and that the case should be dismissed.

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

Cuomo has proposed a pay raise commission that would consider granting members of the Legislature and the executive branch raises, but only if the raises were tied to reforms that include caps on legislator outside income and higher salaries for lawmakers who don't have other jobs and lower ones for those who do.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature created a pay raise commission last year.