November 16, 2020 (4:37
pm)
updated November 18, 2020 (4:33 pm)
"NY
legislators, judges won't get pay raises this year"
Democrat & Chronicle (Jon Campbell)
"Note: Since
this story published, Gov.
Andrew Cuomo said he will forgo his planned raise in 2021
and ask other statewide officials
to do the same."
November 15, 2020 (4:37 pm)
updated November 18, 2020 (4:33 pm)
"Andrew
Cuomo will get a raise in 2021, but lawmakers won't.
Here's why"
Democrat & Chronicle (Jon Campbell)
November 16, 2020
"Panel:
No pay raises for Legislature, Cuomo, judges"
WXXI (Dan
Clark)
WBFO
NCPR
"Cuomo is on
track to earn $250,000 annually, a salary given to him by a previous
commission
tasked with evaluating legislative and
executive salaries.
November 16, 2020
"State
commission denies judicial pay hike
amid NY's 'extremely precarious' financial outlook"
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (David Brand)
Brooklyn Reporter
November 16, 2020 (5:16 pm)
"New
York Judges, Governor, Legislature to forego pay raises"
Bloomberg Law (Keshia Klukey)
November 17, 2020 (4:34
pm)
"Gov.
Cuomo to get a $25K raise despite $63 budget deficit"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)
"Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be getting a
$25,000 pay raise
in January 2021,
as the state
faces a massive
$63 billion
budget deficit owed to revenue losses tied to the coronavirus
pandemic.
Cuomo’s
salary
will jump from $225,000 to $250,000 on Jan. 1, 2021 — making him the
highest paid governor in the nation.
...cuomo’s
office did not return calls seeking comment on the pay hike."
November 17, 2020 (4:01
pm)
updated November 18, 2020 (9:48 am)
"Raises
unlikely for NY judges, lawmakers, judges through 2024"
WHEC
November 17, 2020 (10:42 pm)
"America's
highest paid governor Andrew Cuomo will receive a 25K raise in
January --
increasing his salary to $250K as New York braces
for a budget deficit of 63B"
Daily Mail (Megan
Sheets)
November 17, 2020
"New
York Dem Gov Cuomo to get pay raise despite state's $63B buget
deficit"
FOX Business (Lucas Manfredi)
"New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will
still receive a $25,000 pay raise in 2021,
despite the
state's $63 billion deficit as a result of revenue losses tied to
the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuomo's salary will jump from $225,000
to $250,000 on Jan. 1, 2021,
according to
a resolution passed
by the state Senate and Assembly in 2019, making him the
highest-paid governor in the nation.
...Representatives for
Gov. Cuomo and the Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Compensation did not immediately return FOX Business' requests for
comment."
November 18, 2020
"Cuomo
to receive pay raise in 2021 as lower officials' salaries
remain stagnant due to pandemic"
FOX News (Tyler Olson)
November 18, 2020 (4:31 pm)
"Andrew
Cuomo says he will defer pay raise, ask others to do the same"
Democrat & Chronicle (Jon Campbell)
November 18, 2020 (4:14 pm)
"Cuomo
to Skip $25K Raise With State Facing $16B Gap"
Bloomberg (Keshia Clukey)
"...Cuomo on Wednesday said he
wouldn’t take the pay hike, following media
reports
that state lawmakers, judges and
state workers would go without one."
November 18, 2020 (6:03 pm)
"Cuomo
to forego pay raise amid balloning budget deficit"
New York Daily News (Dennis
Slattery)
November 18, 2020 (8:58 pm)
"Cuomo
to forego his $25,000 raise through executive order"
New
York Post (Bernadette Hogan)
November 18, 2020
"Update:
Cuomo
says he won't take $25,000 pay raise as NY faces budget deficit"
Syracuse.com (Geoff Herbert)
"Update: Gov.
Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday afternoon that he
will not take a $25,000 pay raise in
2021.
...From
earlier:
...But Cuomo will still get his raise in January, along with Lt.
Gov. Kathy Hochul,
whose salary will be $220,000
in 2021 — up from $151,000 in 2018. The Post reports NYS
Attorney General Letitia James
and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will
also see their base pay raised at the start of the new year."
November 18, 2020
"NY
Gov. Cuomo says he will not take $25,000 pay raise next year"
Syracuse.com (Geoff Herbert)
November 18, 2020
"Cuomo
plans to defer scheduled $25,000 pay raise in 2021"
6News (WHAM staff)
November 18, 2020
"$25,000
raise will make Cuomo highest paid governor in U.S."
Niagara Gazette (Joe Mahoney)
November 18, 2020
"Andrew
Cuomo forgoes planned raise as $63B budget deficit looms"
Washington Times (Victor Morton)
"According to a report Wednesday
in the New York Daily News, after a day of news reports over
the raise,
Mr. Cuomo said
at an Albany press conference that he would defer the pay
raise."
November 18, 2020
"Cuomo
will not accept pay raise next year amid state's fiscal
uncertainty"
WNY360 (Kate Lisa)
November 19, 2020
"Governor,
top officials deferring scheduled 2021 pay raises"
6News (Greg Floyd)
November 19, 2020
"Gov.
Cuomo To Receive $25K Pay Raise Amid Pandemic"
Objectivist (Drewberquist.com
(Jeremy Porter)
November 20, 2020
"State
officials failed to lead on pay raises"
Daily Gazette (editorial)
"They should have
deferred their raises months ago and set an example.
Instead, they waited to act until the spotlight was shining
in their faces and the citizens were standing by with rubber
hoses."
November 20, 2020
"Governor Cuomo's 'pay cut' is a cheap publicity stunt"
Left Voice (James Dennis Hoff)
"In a move that smacks of rank hypocrisy and condescension,
Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday — in the midst of a
televised coronavirus briefing — that he would be foregoing
his scheduled $25,000 raise for next year. The decision
comes after several conservative news outlets, including the
New York Post
and
Fox News,
condemned the Governor’s expected pay increase in the face
of a growing state deficit."
November 22, 2020
"Paying
the piper: Legislators shouldn't pocket salary hikes without
foregoing outside pay"
Daily News (editorial)
November 27, 2020
"Fact
Check: New York Gov Andrew Cuomo announced he would defer
his annual raise"
USA Today (Devon Link)
