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NYers Overwhelmingly Oppose Pay Raise That Will Make Cuomo Nation's Highest Paid Governor NYers Overwhelmingly Oppose Pay Raise That Will Make Cuomo Nation's Highest Paid Governor
NYers Overwhelmingly Oppose Pay Raise That Will Make Cuomo Nation's Highest Paid Governor Andrew Cuomo is poised to become the nation’s highest-paid governor, but most of his constituents aren't happy about it, according to a brand new poll. By a nearly two-to-one margin - 62 percent to 32 percent - New Yorkers oppose the legislature increasing Cuomo's salary to $200,000 this year following a midnight resolution that was approved earlier this month, according to a new Siena College poll. The pay bump is up from the $179,000 salary governor’s in the state have received for more than two decades. The new measures will call for the governor’s salary to increase to $225,000 in 2020 …

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Cuomo Gets Big Pay Raise In Special Midnight Resolution By State Legislature Cuomo Gets Big Pay Raise In Special Midnight Resolution By State Legislature
Cuomo Gets Big Pay Raise In Special Midnight Resolution By State Legislature New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and members of his administration are set to get a pay bump as part of an overnight vote made by state lawmakers early on Monday morning, April 1. Cuomo’s salary will be raised to $200,000 this year under a midnight resolution approved by the Legislature, an increase from the $179,000 salary governor’s in New York have received for two decades. The new measures will call for the governor’s salary to increase to $225,000 in 2020 and then to $250,000 in 2021, which would make Cuomo the highest paid governor in the country. The new pay rates were approved at approxim…

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