Just in time for Christmas, New York legislators returned to the state capital Thursday to give themselves a nice holiday gift: a pay raise that would make them the nation’s best-paid state lawmakers.
State Senators and the Assembly voted to give themselves a $32,000 raise from $110,000 to $142,000 a year. It is the first time they ve received a raise since 2018.
Just in time for Christmas, New York legislators are set to return to the state capital Thursday to give themselves a nice holiday gift: a pay raise that would make them the nation's best-paid state lawmakers. Members of the state Assembly and Senate would make a base salary of $142,000 if the bill passes, a 29 percent raise over their current salary of $110,000. That would send them racing ahead of state lawmakers in California, who right now are the nation’s best-paid legislators with a yearly base pay at about $119,000. That is according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.