3rd Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation (2023-2024)  

LIBRARY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS 

1.
THE "ENABLING STATUTE"
PURSUANT TO WHICH THE COMMISSION OPERATES

Part E, Chapter 60 of the Laws of 2015, with Legislative Law §62-A

2.
THE STATUTES, ETC.
PERTAINING TO THE "COMPENSATION & NON-SALARY BENEFITS"
OF THE COVERED PUBLIC OFFICERS

A. 
"MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE"  (213)

Legislative Law §5 
"Compensation of members" -- $142,000 (effective 1/1/23)

Legislative Law §5-A 
"Allowances for member serving as an officer of either house
of the legislature or in a special capacity therein"
...$41,500 for Temporary Senate President & Assembly Speaker

plus -- ???

Lame-Duck Legislature's Dec 22, 2022 Special Session --
& Gov Hochul's December 31, 2022 signing -- amending Legislative Law §5
to raise legislative salaries to $142,000 from $79,000, & limit outside income

Dec 10, 2018 Report
of Committee on Legislative & Executive Compensation (pp. 5-, 14-16)
effective Jan 1, 2019 -- $110,000, abolish stipends for all but 15
effective Jan 1, 2020 -- $120,000, plus limit/prohibition on outside income;
effectuve Jan 1, 2021 -- $130,000, plus limit/prohibition on outside income

B.
"STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS"  (4)

1. 
GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

NYS Constitution, Article IV, §3
"Powers and duties of governor; compensation"
"...The governor shall receive for his or her services an annual salary
to be fixed by joint resolution of the senate and assembly,
and there shall be provided for his or her use a suitable and furnished executive residence."    

Gov: $179,000; Lt. Gov: $151,500 [PRIOR]

plus -- ???

Pursuant to Dec 10, 2018 Report
of Committee on Legislative & Executive Compensation (pp. 6, 16-17)
effective Jan 1, 2019 -- Gov: $200,000; Lt. Gov: $190,000
effective Jan 1, 2020 -- Gov: $225,000; Lt. Gov: $210,000
effectuve Jan 1, 2021 -- Gov: $250,000; Lt. Gov: $220,000

April 1, 2019 Senate & Assembly Resolution

plus -- ???

2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL

Executive Law §60  [UNAMENDED]
"Department of law" -- $151,500

plus -- ???

Pursuant to Dec 10, 2018 "force of law" Report
of Committee on Legislative & Executive Compensation (pp. 6, 17)
effective Jan 1, 2019 -- AG: $190,000
effective Jan 1, 2020 -- AG: $210,000
effective Jan 1, 2021 -- AG: $220,000

plus -- ???

3.
COMPTROLLER

Executive Law §40  [UNAMENDED]
"Department of audit and control" -- $151,500

plus -- ???

Pursuant to Dec 10, 2018 "force of law" Report
of Committee on Legislative & Executive Compensation (pp. 6, 17)
effective Jan 1, 2019 -- Comptroller: $190,000
effective Jan 1, 2020 -- Comptroller: $210,000
effective Jan 1, 2021 -- Comptroller: $220,000

plus -- ???

C.
"STATE OFFICERS REFERRED TO
IN SECTION 169 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW"  (how many?)

Executive Law §169  [UNAMENDED}
"Salaries of certain state officers"
 "for the positions listed in paragraph (a), $136,000;
in paragraph (b), $127,000; in paragraph (c), $120,800;
in paragraph (d), $109,800;
in paragraph (e), $101,600; and in paragraph (f), $90,800."

plus -- ???

Pursuant to Dec 10, 2018 "force of law" Report
of Committee on Legislative & Executive Compensation (pp. 6-7, 17-18)

plus -- ???

D.
"JUDGES AND JUSTICES OF THE STATE-PAID COURTS
OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM"   (how many?)

Judiciary Law Article 7-B  [UNAMENDED]

plus -- ???

August 29, 2011 Report of the Commission on Judicial Compensation (at pp. 9-10)

plus -- ???

December 24, 2015 Report of the (1st) Commission
on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation

OCA response to CJA FOIL

plus -- ???

December 4, 2023 Report of the (3rd) Commission
on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation

OCA chart

plus -- ???

3.
NY's PRIOR "FORCE OF LAW" COMPENSATION COMMISSIONS,
operating under the same or comparable statutes

A.
CJA's WEBPAGES --
"Force of Law" Commissions -- Unconstitutionality & Fraud IN PLAIN SIGHT

FEATURING,
for legislative & executive compensation:

CJA's July 15, 2019 NOTICE to Gov, Lt. Gov., AG, & Legislators --
"Your Duty to Void the December 10, 2018 Report of the Committee on Legislative and Executive Compensation that Boosted Your Salaries"

embodied in:

1.
CJA's June 4, 2020 grand jury/corruption complaint
to Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares 
"in support of an Albany County grand jury inquiry of 'wilful misconduct in office of public officers', pursuant to Article I, §6 of the New York State Constitution – and indictments based on CJA’s July 15, 2019 NOTICE and analysis of the December 10, 2018 Report of the Committee on Legislative & Executive Compensation..."

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