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ETHICS GROUPS: OUTSIDE INCOME LIMIT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH FOR NEW YORK LAWMAKERS

By Nick Reisman Albany
PUBLISHED 5:22 AM ET Dec. 21, 2022 PUBLISHED 5:22 AM EST Dec. 21, 2022
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A cap on outside income for members of the state Legislature needs to go further
than the provisions proposed in a broader bill to raise legislative pay to
$142,000 a year, good-government organizations on Tuesday said. 

State lawmakers plan to meet Thursday at noon to raise their salary from the
base pay of $110,000 while also limiting the money they earn outside of their
jobs as elected officials to $35,000. 

The planned pay raise has stirred discontent among critics and calls for
additional measures to be taken up in the year-end legislative session (the bill
is being voted on this week, rather than the start of the new session of the
Legislature, so the pay raise can take effect for the incoming class of
lawmakers). 

A pay raise coupled with a cap on outside pay had been expected and pushed for
as a compromise as lawmakers plan to make themselves the highest-paid state
Legislature in the nation.

New York's good-government and ethics watchdogs, including Reinvent Albany, the
New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, Common Cause and the
League of Women Voters, believe the limits do not go far enough when it comes to
limiting potential influence. 

"Unfortunately, the bill does not prohibit outside income from entities where
the legislator would have a fiduciary responsibility to a client," the groups
said in a joint statement. 

Outside pay has long been controversial in Albany. Watchdogs have argued
lawmakers can be beholden to private interests like law firms that have business
before the state.

Lawmakers have argued that retaining private-sector experience is key for a
citizen-run Legislature. Members of the Legislature in the recent past have come
from varying walks of life, including funeral home directors, dentists, farmers
and pharmacists. 

At the same time, lawmakers have grumbled at the ability of governors —
including most recently former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — to earn money on
controversial book deals. 

But advocates want more teeth for outside income limits, including a 15% cap on
outside pay, similar to the one in place for members of the U.S. Congress. They
are also calling for a ban on outside pay from enrollment in which a lawmaker
has a fiduciary relationship with a client or employer. 

And they want to eliminate stipends for legislative work as well as put an end
to a family business exception. Instead of taking effect two years after the
raise, the pay limits should be put into effect at the same time, the groups
said. 

There will also be exceptions for state lawmakers to still earn money from
investments as well as retirement income. 





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