Legislators in New York voted on Thursday to increase their pay by $32,000 at a time when the state’s citizens are suffering from stagnant wages and decades-high inflation, making the lawmakers the highest-paid among peers across the United States.
The pay raise will push up the yearly salary for lawmakers from the current $110,000 to $142,000. The $110,000 salary was fixed in 2019. In the 20 years prior to that, lawmakers were paid $79,500 annually. The proposal was passed by the Senate with a vote of 33–23, and in the Assembly by a vote of 81–52.
