New York Judges Due to Get Paid More. But is it Enough?
Fair Courts E-lert
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Author: Nathan Koppel
Source: Wall Street Journal
Date: August 26, 2011
Last Friday, New York’s Commission on Judicial Compensation voted to increase the pay of state judges. According to the Wall Street Journal, the incremental pay increase will go into effect next year unless the commission’s recommendation is modified or rejected by the state legislature. This will be the first time in 12 years that New York judges receive a raise or a cost of living adjustment. However, the Commission’s recommendations—to increase state Supreme Court judges’ annual salaries to from $136,700 to $160,000 in 2012, $167,000 in 2013 and $174,000 in 2014—fall short of the increase proposed by the state bar, which in July issued a report calling for salaries to be raised to $192,000.