Amid clamor over school chiefs' salaries, Jericho Superintendent Henry Grishman is taking a five-year pay freeze.

Grishman, 66, will continue collecting the equivalent of this year's $288,794 base pay through the 2015-16 school year, along with $134,000-plus in annual benefits and payouts for unused sick days.

In recent months, a host of critics, including Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, have targeted superintendents' pay -- notably, the record $405,244 paid Superintendent Carole Hankin in the neighboring Syosset-Woodbury district. Hankin has announced she'll take a freeze next year.

NewsdayTV goes behind the scenes of the day Rex Heuermann was sentenced for the Gilgo killings. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara; Chris Ware

'A million years isn't enough' NewsdayTV goes behind the scenes of the day Rex Heuermann was sentenced for the Gilgo killings.

NewsdayTV goes behind the scenes of the day Rex Heuermann was sentenced for the Gilgo killings. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara; Chris Ware

'A million years isn't enough' NewsdayTV goes behind the scenes of the day Rex Heuermann was sentenced for the Gilgo killings.

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