A state committee tasked with reviewing a potential salary increase for state lawmakers and top government officials voted on Thursday to limit the amount of outside income allowed for members of the state Legislature while also approving a raise for those officials after the panel’s appointed counsel determined it had the power to do so.

The New York State Compensation Committee voted to raise the salary of state lawmakers from $79,500 to $130,000 over the next three years, while also limiting the amount of income they can earn outside state government to 15 percent of their base pay.

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