NY's chief judge is suing state over NY judges' pay

April 10, 2008

NEW YORK - New York's chief judge is suing the state over its failure to increase judicial salaries.

The lawsuit by Chief Judge Judith Kaye was being filed Thursday in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, according to David Bookstaver, spokesman for the Office of Court Administration.

New York judges haven't had a pay raise in 10 years.

The state budget approved by the Legislature on Wednesday includes $48 million for certain pay raises that would include the judges. But while that funding is available in the budget, the money can't be spent until the Legislature agrees to a bill that would authorize the raises. the rest