5% Public Employee Pay Cut Moves to Senate Floor
May 27, 2010
Sen. John Pappageorge (R-Troy) has introduced a constitutional amendment
(SJR-U) that would cut pay for all public employees by 5%. This would include all, state, county, municipal, public university, community college, and public school employees. It has cleared the Senate Reforms and Restructuring Committee. The measure would need a two-thirds majority vote in both the Senate and House by June 3rd to make it unto the August 3rd ballot. Sen. Pappageorge claims a savings of $1 billion dollars. Opponents question how the decrease in income tax revenue will offset this claim.