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NYS Assembly Democrats Propose Limiting Outside Income

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published March 15, 2016 at 4:42 PM EDT

New York's Assembly has voted to limit legislators' outside income to about $70,000 annually.

The bill would also treat limited liability companies like other businesses that can give any state candidate only $5,000 a year. The measures are intended to curb the influence of outside money on state government.

Senate Republicans have opposed both measures.

Base yearly pay for lawmakers is $79,500.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed limiting legislators' outside pay to about $12,000.

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Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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