Citing Lack of Raise, Lippman Boosts Judge Allowance to $10,000
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Author: Noeleen G. Walder
Source: The New York Law Journal
Date: 10/15/2009
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, Jonathan Lippman, announced Wednesday that he would "boost to $10,000 from $5,000 payments [state judges] receive to cover a wide range of expenses, from uncovered medical care to judicial license plates." Judges receive an "allowance," arranged as a taxed "lump sum" for "commuting costs, Internet service, home security systems, life insurance and health care, marriage counseling and other expenses." The "enhanced benefit" seemed to come in lieu of a salary raise, which Judge Lippman said would be difficult at present given "finite resources."