The suspension of state legislators’ pay while budget negotiations remain stalled violates constitutional separation of powers principles, a State Supreme Court justice in Brooklyn ruled on Friday.

Justice Richard D. Huttner’s ruling declared unconstitutional a law barring legislators from collecting their paychecks when wrangling among the two houses of the State Legislature and the Governor delays adoption of a budget beyond the April 1 start of the state’s fiscal year.

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