ALBANY – Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman says he is intensifying his efforts to convince state lawmakers and the governor to grant a pay raise to judges despite a projected budget gap in the current fiscal year that has climbed past $2 billion.

“I have within the last days continued to talk to both houses and the leadership and to the governor’s office about this issue,” the chief judge said in an interview last week. “This is the highest priority. We are absolutely committed in the coming weeks to ratchet this issue up at the highest levels of state government to get this done.”

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