Records: State paid $2 million for lawmakers' travel
Photo credit: James Escher | Assemb. Earlene Hooper (D-Hempstead), the deputy speaker, billed the state $22,571 for reimbursements in 2012, the third-highest total among the more than 200 state legislators, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information request. Assemb. Steven Englebright (D-Setauket) ranked No. 10 with $19,731.
Web links
Per diem payments to state pols
ALBANY -- State legislators billed the state for more than $2 million in travel and expenses in 2012 -- with two Long Island lawmakers ranking in the top 10 spenders.
Assemb. Earlene Hooper (D-Hempstead), the deputy speaker, billed the state $22,571 for reimbursements in 2012, the third-highest total among the more than 200 state legislators, according to records obtained through a Freedom...
