N.Y. Const. art. III, § 6: Compensation, allowances and traveling expenses of members

§ 6. Each member of the legislature shall receive for his or her

services a like annual salary, to be fixed by law. He or she shall also

be reimbursed for his or her actual traveling expenses in going to and

returning from the place in which the legislature meets, not more than

once each week while the legislature is in session. Senators, when the

senate alone is convened in extraordinary session, or when serving as

members of the court for the trial of impeachments, and such members of

the assembly, not exceeding nine in number, as shall be appointed

managers of an impeachment, shall receive an additional per diem

allowance, to be fixed by law. Any member, while serving as an officer

of his or her house or in any other special capacity therein or directly

connected therewith not hereinbefore in this section specified, may also

be paid and receive, in addition, any allowance which may be fixed by

law for the particular and additional services appertaining to or

entailed by such office or special capacity. Neither the salary of any

member nor any other allowance so fixed may be increased or diminished

during, and with respect to, the term for which he or she shall have

been elected, nor shall he or she be paid or receive any other extra

compensation. The provisions of this section and laws enacted in

compliance therewith shall govern and be exclusively controlling,

according to their terms. Members shall continue to receive such salary

and additional allowance as heretofore fixed and provided in this

section, until changed by law pursuant to this section.