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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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