N.Y. Executive Law § 169: Salaries of certain state officers

§ 169. Salaries of certain state officers. 1. Salaries of certain

state officers holding the positions indicated hereinbelow shall be as

set forth in subdivision two of this section:

(a) commissioner of corrections and community supervision,

commissioner of education, commissioner of health, commissioner of

mental health, commissioner of developmental disabilities, commissioner

of children and family services, commissioner of temporary and

disability assistance, chancellor of the state university of New York,

commissioner of transportation, commissioner of environmental

conservation, superintendent of state police, commissioner of general

services, commissioner of the division of homeland security and

emergency services and the executive director of the state gaming

commission;

(b) commissioner of labor, chairman of public service commission,

commissioner of taxation and finance, superintendent of financial

services, commissioner of criminal justice services, and commissioner of

parks, recreation and historic preservation;

(c) commissioner of agriculture and markets, commissioner of addiction

services and supports, adjutant general, commissioner and president of

state civil service commission, commissioner of economic development,

president of higher education services corporation, commissioner of

motor vehicles, member-chair of board of parole, chair of public

employment relations board, secretary of state, executive director of

the housing finance agency, commissioner of housing and community

renewal, executive director of state insurance fund, commissioner-chair

of state liquor authority, chair of the workers' compensation board;

(d) director of office for the aging, commissioner of human rights,

commissioners of the department of public service, chairman of state

commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled, chairman of

commission on alcoholism and substance abuse prevention and education,

executive director of the council on the arts and executive director of

the board of social welfare;

(e) chairperson of state athletic commission, director of the office

of victim services, chairperson of human rights appeal board,

chairperson of the industrial board of appeals, chairperson of the state

commission of correction, members of the board of parole,

member-chairperson of unemployment insurance appeal board, director of

veterans' services, and vice-chairperson of the workers' compensation

board;

(f) executive director of adirondack park agency, members of state

commission of correction, members of unemployment insurance appeal

board, and members of the workers' compensation board.

2. (a) Effective January first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, the

annual salaries of the officers holding the positions indicated in

subdivision one of this section shall be as follows: for the positions

listed in paragraph (a), $136,000; in paragraph (b), $127,000; in

paragraph (c), $120,800; in paragraph (d), $109,800; in paragraph (e),

$101,600; and in paragraph (f), $90,800.

(b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section to

the contrary, an incumbent in a position (i) listed in former section

one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law in effect on the day prior

to the effective date of this subdivision, or (ii) listed in this

section, or (iii) covered by a provision of law other than such section,

shall not receive compensation in an amount less than such person

received on the effective date of this section.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other

provision of law, the boards of trustees of the state university of New

York and the city university of New York shall each establish and

implement salary plans for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs

of such state and city universities, respectively. The board of regents

shall establish and implement a separate salary plan for the president

of the university of the state of New York, setting forth the

compensation to be received by the president for performing the duties

of that office assigned by the rules of the regents or statute, which

shall be in addition to the compensation received by such person

pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section.

Such salary plans shall be developed after consultation with the

governor's office of employee relations and the division of the budget.

Any increase in compensation for the positions set forth in this

subdivision, not otherwise funded from any appropriation, shall be

funded from reallocations of funds within the appropriations

specifically identified by the aforementioned boards. Each board of

trustees and the board of regents shall file a proposed salary plan

report with the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly

ways and means committee and the director of the budget at least sixty

days prior to the effective date of such salary plan. Each salary plan

report shall set forth the salary schedule, the dollar value of

additional public compensation and other employment benefits that such

positions would receive, the specific sources of funding to be

reallocated for salary increases, the amount of increase to be provided

to each position, the comparison salary data on which the plan is based,

and such other information as the boards of trustees and the board of

regents deem appropriate.