ALBANY — Forget about a state legislative pay raise this year.
That is, unless lawmakers boost New York’s minimum wage, decriminalize pot possession during stop-and-frisk procedures, and tackle other “reforms,” Gov. Cuomo signaled yesterday.
“I would not even consider — even consider — a pay raise unless the people’s business was being done in a thorough, responsible way,” Cuomo told reporters after attending a graduation ceremony for State Police cadets.
That means hiking the $7.25-an-hour minimum wage to $8.50 and turning possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana into a violation, rather than a crime, when police order citizens to empty their pockets during stop-and-frisk procedures.
Legislative Republicans have resisted both efforts.
The governor also targeted unspecified “reforms” he said he pushed during this year’s legislative session.

