Governor Cuomo convened a cabinet meeting
of State agency commissioners in Liverpool, Onondaga County on September 30, to demonstrate the State's commitment to the people of Central New York.
On Thursday, he didn't outright say that legislators should get $ 140,000, but implied it by saying their pay should be proportionate with what
top state agency commissioners should get.
Heastie favors a pay raise for lawmakers, statewide elected officials like Cuomo, and
state agency commissioners, Whyland said.
Cuomo backs a raise for
his state agency commissioners.
Megna later told reporters that while judges have not had raises in more than 13 years, neither have
state agency commissioners nor governors.