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Judicial Pay Impasse

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Free: First Department Backs Pay Raise for Judges

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

By Noeleen G. Walder

The legislature's decade-long failure to give the state's 1,300 judges a raise violated the separation of powers doctrine by subordinating the judges to the "whims and caprices" of politicians who continually linked their pay to unrelated issues, a Manhattan-based appeals court ruled unanimously yesterday. The panel gave the Legislature 90 days to adjust judicial compensation to reflect an approximately 30 percent increase in the cost of living since 1998, when the last judicial raise was enacted. However, with Albany officials unwilling to grant raises in the midst of a recession, the question apparently is headed for a final showdown at the Court of Appeals.

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Free: Budget Glitch Does Not Mean Raise, Judges Told

Friday, April 3, 2009

By Joel Stashenko

Free: Schack Cites Judicial Pay Stall as Reason for Recusal

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

By Mark Fass

In a scathing 10-page decision, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Arthur M. Schack has recused himself from a receivership case where the plaintiff is represented by a law firm that employs two state lawmakers, one of whom voted against a judicial pay raise.

Free: Paterson Praises Courts' Budget, Passes on Judges' Raise

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

By Joel Stashenko

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Free: Courts Offer Flat Spending Plan As State Faces 'Grave' Economy

Monday, November 24, 2008

By Joel Stashenko

Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye has sent the state Legislature and Governor David A. Paterson a budget request that court administrators say both takes into account New York's financial straits and the courts' attempts to meet the added burdens the economic crisis will place on dockets. Taxpayer support for the courts would remain flat at $2.27 billion under the proposal for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Overall, when federal aid is included, the judiciary expects to spend approximately $2.5 billion, an increase of $2.3 million, or 0.1 percent.

Free: Panel Weighs 'Actual' Versus 'Threatened' Harm on Pay

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

By Noeleen G. Walder

Members of a state appeals panel reacted skeptically yesterday afternoon to claims that judges protesting the lack of a pay raise must demonstrate actual harm to the operations and independence of the judiciary. Although "no one disputes" that New York state judges deserve a pay raise, "[n]o one can credibly say that the functioning of the judiciary has been impaired. The judges are doing their job," said Richard H. Dolan of Schlam Stone & Dolan.

Free: Albany Panel Dismisses Judicial Pay Suit

Friday, November 14, 2008

By Joel Stashenko

An upstate appeals panel yesterday dismissed a suit filed by judges seeking to force the state to grant them their first pay raise since 1999. While its decision in Maron v. Silver, 504084, was peppered with words such as "deplorable" to describe the raise drought, the Appellate Division, Third Department, nevertheless decided 4-1 that the judges lacked grounds to bring their claims for higher compensation.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Free: Pay Raise Not Mandated By Inflation, State Argues

Thursday, September 4, 2008

By Joel Stashenko

Whether the judiciary likes it or not, the governor and Legislature have not violated their constitutional obligations toward the courts in New York by allowing nearly a decade to go by without giving state judges a pay raise, an attorney for the state told a Third Department panel yesterday. In fact, attorney Richard H. Dolan suggested to the court, the current gap between pay raises for state judges of nine years and eight months is a "relatively short" one in terms of state history.