Legislative pay panel may enlist an attorney
ALBANY — A four-member panel of current and former comptrollers, tasked with deciding whether New York's 213 lawmakers, statewide elected officials and state department heads get a pay raise, may hire outside counsel to assist in the task.
Members of the New York State Compensation Committee, created by this year's $168 billion budget, outlined their objectives during the first committee meeting in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, before moving into a private executive session to discuss the "personnel" issue.
"We want to make sure we are doing things within the bounds of the law. To assist with that, we believe we need counsel," said SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman and former state Comptroller Carl McCall, who led the meeting. "If any decision is made, we will publicly report what that decision is."
The panel also includes state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and CUNY Board of Trustees Chairman Bill Thompson, formerly New York City's comptroller.
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