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AsaKurai t1_j1cdrux wrote

Reply to comment by satiricalspider in NY lawmakers vote to raise their own salary by 29% by Unable-Ad3852

They work in Albany but they dont all live there

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Curiosities t1_j1cg55v wrote

Especially because they have to have residency in their districts as well. One of my state reps lives a couple of blocks away, but this is only the district residence. Some (most?) might also have another in Albany.

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DadBodofanAmerican t1_j1d3mvx wrote

Most either split an apartment in Albany with another legislator (dirt cheap, less than 2k a month for a smaller 2 bedroom that's walking distance to their offices) or stay in hotels. They can use their campaign funds to pay for the hotels or use their per diem (that's right the state pays them extra to travel to Albany already) of $183 a night. That pays for a pretty nice hotel in Albany, or some of them stay at the shitty days in by the airport for $60 a night and pocket the rest.

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Curiosities t1_j1db8ab wrote

That’s informative. So a huge pay raise and we also pay for their stays.

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DadBodofanAmerican t1_j1dd9fv wrote

Yeah. At least one legislator went to jail for fraud around per diem recently too. He was billing for Albany stays on days he never went up therem

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myassholealt t1_j1e509u wrote

Same concept for Congress. Maintaining two homes is not cheap, particularly when of the homes is in expensive as fuck DC.

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tacoafficionado t1_j1gg122 wrote

People often hate that most politicians are wealthy but someone pretty much has to be wealthy to afford to be a politician.

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DifficultyNext7666 t1_j1cprij wrote

We have a bunch of reps in jersey city that split an apt with someone and actually live in the suburbs with kids.

The NE is so insanely corrupt

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AnacharsisIV t1_j1e2c0a wrote

Wouldn't they be splitting the apartment in Trenton, not JC?

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