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AsaKurai t1_j1ccj9l wrote

I actually thought this was fine at first because I was expecting their current salary to be dogshit, and I think rich people shouldnt be the only ones who can afford to be in the state legislature, but I was surprised to see it was already $110,000. I understand that's not a *ton* of money especially if you're living in NYC and have a family, and i'm fine with approving a raise with inflation going up, but $32,000?! I mean, that's a bit excessive.

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RMR6789 t1_j1cggxh wrote

Agree 29% isn’t too bad but when was the last time us regular people got a 29% annual raise? Mine are usually 2-3% lol. Started a new company last year so we’ll see what (if anything) I get this time.

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AsaKurai t1_j1cj2rw wrote

2-3% in these times is rough…but at least you can take solace in helping the Fed with wage inflation 🫤

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RMR6789 t1_j1dd56m wrote

Hoping my new company is better. This will be my first performance cycle with them..

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AsaKurai t1_j1ddqe9 wrote

Hope you get a good one then. I don’t know you but you probably deserve it!

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RMR6789 t1_j1derb0 wrote

Thank you!! We all deserve raises that at least mitigate cost of living increases!

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satiricalspider t1_j1cd44c wrote

NY lawmakers work in Albany which is significantly cheaper than NYC.

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AsaKurai t1_j1cdrux wrote

They work in Albany but they dont all live there

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Curiosities t1_j1cg55v wrote

Especially because they have to have residency in their districts as well. One of my state reps lives a couple of blocks away, but this is only the district residence. Some (most?) might also have another in Albany.

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DadBodofanAmerican t1_j1d3mvx wrote

Most either split an apartment in Albany with another legislator (dirt cheap, less than 2k a month for a smaller 2 bedroom that's walking distance to their offices) or stay in hotels. They can use their campaign funds to pay for the hotels or use their per diem (that's right the state pays them extra to travel to Albany already) of $183 a night. That pays for a pretty nice hotel in Albany, or some of them stay at the shitty days in by the airport for $60 a night and pocket the rest.

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Curiosities t1_j1db8ab wrote

That’s informative. So a huge pay raise and we also pay for their stays.

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DadBodofanAmerican t1_j1dd9fv wrote

Yeah. At least one legislator went to jail for fraud around per diem recently too. He was billing for Albany stays on days he never went up therem

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myassholealt t1_j1e509u wrote

Same concept for Congress. Maintaining two homes is not cheap, particularly when of the homes is in expensive as fuck DC.

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tacoafficionado t1_j1gg122 wrote

People often hate that most politicians are wealthy but someone pretty much has to be wealthy to afford to be a politician.

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DifficultyNext7666 t1_j1cprij wrote

We have a bunch of reps in jersey city that split an apt with someone and actually live in the suburbs with kids.

The NE is so insanely corrupt

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AnacharsisIV t1_j1e2c0a wrote

Wouldn't they be splitting the apartment in Trenton, not JC?

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mowotlarx t1_j1e9apm wrote

No. They live in their districts and travel to Albany. This isn't like federal legislators. They drive or take the train. They'll crash in Albany sometimes but that's it.

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