Gov. Kathy Hochul said she supports a pay raise for lawmakers.
— despite refusing for months to beckon them back to address rising crime.
Otherwise, lawmakers would have to wait until 2025 to get more pay because state rules bar them from raising their own salaries before another two-year term begins. “You bring back the special session when the legislature is willing and an agreement going into on certain changes. Otherwise, they gavel in, they gavel out. OK?. That’s the reality. I have to deal with realities here,” she said.
Stewart-Cousins has been quiet this week about whether she supports a special session before 2022 ends to give lawmakers a $20,000 raise.Some lawmakers have claimed that $110,000 per year is not enough money considering rising prices and the sky-high costs of living in New York City in particular, especially considering more lucrative opportunities in the public and private sectors.
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