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December 12, 2006
POLS MUST DEAL TO WIN A PAY HIKE
NY Post
By Fredric U. Dicker
ALBANY - Gov. Pataki will back a pay hike for state lawmakers if they approve a six-item wish list that includes civil confinement for sexual predators, more charter schools, the massive Moynihan Station and Atlantic Yards projects, budget reforms, and the closing of 10 failing hospitals, The Post has learned.
A source close to Pataki said yesterday that approving the six items is "the only way the Legislature could get" the much-wanted pay hike.
NoLandGrab: This indicates fear that Atlantic Yards cannot be approved on its "merits" and therefore must be used as quid pro quo for a payraise. Would there be any other reason to tie the legislators' pay increase to a massive payoff for Bruce Ratner?
Posted by lumi at December 12, 2006 9:12 AM