Lacking Pay Raises, NY Judges Get More Benefits
New York judges, who have not had a pay raise since 1999, will be getting more cash in the form of better benefits.
The judges will be allowed an extra $5,000 a year to reimburse them for uncovered medical costs and job-related expenses such as bar association dues, the New York Law Journal reports.
Judges will also get more vacation days and be reimbursed for a third night when they attend meetings of their judicial associations. With the additional days off, judges with at least five years on the bench will get 25 days of vacation.
“These benefits are not in any way intended to be, nor could be, a substitute for a salary increase,” Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau told the legal newspaper.
Trial-level supreme court judges in the state currently make $136,700. A study shows that pay for New York judges is 48th lowest among the states when adjusted for cost of living.
