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New York's Chief Judge Judith Kaye is continuing her drive for pay hikes for the state's judiciary, including herself.
Kaye wants state Supreme Court judges to receive $162,100 annually, the same salary that's paid to U.S. District Court judges. They currently receive $136,700.
State judges last received a salary increase in 1999 and Kaye said that eight years without a raise for the judges is "shameful". She predicted that the legislature would grant the increases next year although a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said the issue wasn't a priority for the Senate.
Under the proposal, Kaye's annual salary would be hiked from $156,000 to $178,310 and the other judges on the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, would increase from $151,200 to $175,068 each.
New York's judicial salaries rank seventh in the country according to the National Center for State Courts. 10-22-05
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