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Cuomo Says He'll Defer Scheduled Pay Raise Amid NY's $63B Budget Deficit Cuomo Says He'll Defer Scheduled Pay Raise Amid NY's $63B Budget Deficit
Cuomo Says He'll Defer Scheduled Pay Raise Amid NY's $63B Budget Deficit New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he'll defer a scheduled pay bump in 2021 amid the state's massive budget deficit. Cuomo was due to receive the $25,000 pay raise in January, bringing his total annual compensation to $250,000, the highest salary for a governor in the country. The raise was part of legislation already passed in 2019. At the same time, other New York officials’ salaries will stay stagnant year-over-year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo said on Wednesday, Nov. 18 shortly after news of the raise became public that he planned to defer the pay increase and woul…

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