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Poll: Strong opposition to lawmaker raises

ALBANY -- More than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay raise for state lawmakers and the governor, a new poll finds.

A Siena College poll of registered voters released yesterday found 67 percent of respondents oppose a raise for members of the State Legislature and 74 percent oppose a pay raise for the governor.

New York lawmakers haven't had a raise in more than 10 years. Their...

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