Blue State Lawmakers Poised to Give Themselves a $32K Raise – Making Them the Highest Paid in the Nation

Inflation and high gas prices have been hitting Americans’ pocketbooks for nearly two years.

And many people probably wish they could vote to give themselves massive pay raises right about now.

Well, lawmakers in 🗽New York are poised to do just that.

Bloomberg News reports state lawmakers in 🗽New York are set to take up a bill on Thursday that would give them a $32,000 raise to $142,000 a year — which would make them the highest-paid state lawmakers in the country.

Spectrum 1 News notes this would be the first pay raise the lawmakers have received through legislation since 1999. At the time, their annual salary was $79,500. However, an appointed commission gave the green light to raise their salary to $110,000 in 2018.

🗽New York Gov. 👤Kathy Hochul