Statement from Senator Anthony Palumbo on Legislative Pay Raises

Senator Anthony Palumbo (R,C-New Suffolk) today issued the following statement after casting a NO vote on the $32,000 legislative pay hike.

“Today’s ‘Special Session’ was called for the solitary purpose of making New York lawmakers the highest paid state legislators in the nation. This at a time when Long Island families and businesses are struggling to make ends meet due to historic inflation and high food and energy costs. Instead of pay raises, lawmakers’ focus should have been on reducing these burdens and making needed changes to our broken criminal justice system.”

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