>Andrew Cuomo to Become Highest Paid US Governor in Country
>Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to become the highest paid governor in the United States due to a pay hike approved by lawmakers in the Democrat-led Senate and Assembly. Cuomo’s salary would gradually increase from the current $179,000 to $250,000 on Jan. 1. 2021, as part of the new state budget. Lawmakers approved the raise in a vote early on April 1. The state’s new $175 billion budget includes a statewide ban on plastic bags and a new congestion pricing program to help combat the high-traffic areas in the city. New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will also see a pay increase, going up from $151,500 to $220,000 in 2021. Both pay raises were recommended by a state pay commission last year. It needed legislative approval first for it to be implemented.
>It has been two decades since the governor and lieutenant governor have seen a salary increase. The last time was in 1999. Lawmakers also saw their first pay increase in nearly two decades in January, when their base salary went from $79,500 to $110,000. Their pay will ultimately rise to $130,000 by 2021. The salary increase for Cuomo, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, marks a stark difference to how the president handles his wage. Trump has donated all of his paychecks—$100,000 a quarter—since taking office. In March, the most recent quarter’s paycheck of $100,000 was donated to the Department of Homeland Security. Trump posted a picture of the check he wrote to the department, writing on Twitter: “While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security.”“If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA!” he added. In January, Trump donated his salary from the third quarter of 2018 to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
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