The move makes New York state lawmakers the highest paid in the nation.
over her nomination of Hector LaSalle to become chief judge of the Court of Appeals. Critics point to a handful of cases LaSalle heard while serving on the state Supreme Court Appellate Division’s Second Department in Brooklyn while arguing he would make the state’s highest court too conservative for years to come.Hochul had played coy for more than a week
about whether she would sign the pay raise bill following a special session last week called by Stewart-Cousins and Heastie. “I have many bills on my desk … so I will address that in proper time,” Hochul said Dec. 23 — two weeks after saying ahave lamented how she didn’t similarly bless a special session in recent months to address purported issues with controversial criminal justice reforms that Republicans and some Democrats blame for rising crime.
“If @GovKathyHochul had any political courage, she would not only veto the ridiculous $32,000 pay raise, she would have called us back for a special session to deal with the disastrous cashless bail,” Assemblyman Michael Lawler , who was elected to Congress in November,
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