Sentences with phrase «salary as a state lawmaker»

In the email, which Murray forwarded to Capital Tonight, he points to DeFrancisco receiving both his pension and his salary as a state lawmaker — a legally allowed practice known as «double dipping» which good - government groups and newspaper editorial boards have decried over the years in state government.

Orange County Democrats are seizing on the latest pension data figures released in recent days showing Sen. Bill Larkin drawing a $ 58,503 pension benefit this year on top of his salary as a state lawmaker.

Not exact matches

The $ 79,500 base salary that lawmakers receive today ranks as the third highest for state lawmakers in the country.

For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.

ALBANY — As Capitol scandals and controversies go, the State Senate flap over special salary deals for seven lawmakers ranks, for now at least, low on the list of outrages.

In a Q&A with reporters in Manhattan, Cuomo said he is looking to include in his proposals extension of the Freedom of Information Law to better cover the state Legislature, more disclosure requirements for lawmakers and an end to «the conflicts,» chiefly that lawmakers are part time and allowed to receive income outside their $ 79,500 base salaries as legislators.

Do you support capping the outside income state lawmakers can earn at 15 % of their $ 79,500 base state salary, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed?

The fallout from the 2009 legislative session continues in state court, as Gov. Sanford and lawmakers battle over whether South Carolina will accept $ 700 million in federal stimulus money that would help pay teachers» salaries and fund public safety.

Lawmakers continued to face an impasse in budget talks this week by fighting over whether to ditch teacher assistants in the state's elementary classrooms as a way to pay for teacher salary increases.

With another billion in new basic education spending for teacher salaries included in the 2018 supplemental budget by the state legislature this session, lawmakers say they're meeting the State Supreme Court's mandate to fully fund K - 12 education as part of its 2012 McCleary decistate legislature this session, lawmakers say they're meeting the State Supreme Court's mandate to fully fund K - 12 education as part of its 2012 McCleary deciState Supreme Court's mandate to fully fund K - 12 education as part of its 2012 McCleary decision.

State lawmakers tried to avert a strike by passing measures in the past week to raise teacher salaries by $ 6,100 annually and support staff salaries by $ 1,250 annually, as well as increase education funding by $ 50 million.

As a result, there hasn't been an increase in judicial salaries since 2008 as lawmakers have rejected recommendations by the state's Board on Judicial Compensation (such as HJR 1093 of 2012 rejecting a proposed 6 % cost of living increase) out of concern they were also increasing executive branch salarieAs a result, there hasn't been an increase in judicial salaries since 2008 as lawmakers have rejected recommendations by the state's Board on Judicial Compensation (such as HJR 1093 of 2012 rejecting a proposed 6 % cost of living increase) out of concern they were also increasing executive branch salarieas lawmakers have rejected recommendations by the state's Board on Judicial Compensation (such as HJR 1093 of 2012 rejecting a proposed 6 % cost of living increase) out of concern they were also increasing executive branch salarieas HJR 1093 of 2012 rejecting a proposed 6 % cost of living increase) out of concern they were also increasing executive branch salaries.