A state judge in Albany has struck down a cap on outside income for members of the Legislature promulgated by a committee last year as a trade-off for a raise of about $50,000 over three years for those officials.

But Albany County Supreme Court Justice Richard Platkin upheld the pay hike in his decision handed down Thursday, which conflicts with a different ruling on the matter from June.

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