N.Y. General City Law § 25: Increasing compensation during fiscal year prohibited

§ 25. Increasing compensation during fiscal year prohibited. The board

of estimate and apportionment of any city or the body exercising similar

functions in any city, excepting a city of the first class having a

population of more than five hundred thousand and less than one million,

is hereby prohibited from increasing the compensation of any office or

position, except compensation on per diem basis, paid out of the

treasury of such city, during any fiscal year, after the same shall have

been fixed and provided for in the budget of such city for such fiscal

year.