New York lawmakers won’t get paid for nearly two months under a stopgap state budget measure proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The Democrat introduced the short-term budget measure late Sunday to avoid a looming government shutdown after he and state lawmakers couldn’t agree on a new, year-long spending plan.
State law withholds legislative pay when the state budget is late, although Cuomo’s two-month spending plan could have included money for them anyway.
Pay will resume, presumably including back pay, once a final budget is adopted.
The budget was due Saturday but the Senate, Assembly and Cuomo couldn’t reach agreement on issues including juvenile justice reform, education spending and an affordable housing tax credit in New York City.
Cuomo says he has assurances that lawmakers will pass the short-term budget on Monday.
(AP)
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Maybe this should be done in Congress, it will force them to actually get something done together. Maybe suspend their health insurance too, then they will feel what millions of citizens feel or have felt.