New York Senate Republicans condemned the Board of Regents for granting a $155,000 pay raise to Commissioner Betty Rosa, raising her annual salary to $489,000. This decision was labeled as 'out-of-control spending' despite the state's median income being $81,000. The GOP's letter highlighted that Rosa's financial benefits, which include a $120,000 pension from her previous roles, bring her total earnings to over $600,000. Concerns linger about the efficacy of New York's education funding, as test scores for schoolchildren continue to lag behind national averages within a high-budget context.
Reckless spending such as Commissioner Rosa's raise is just another example of out-of-control spending we are seeing year-after-year in this State, culminating in this year's state budget proposal of a whopping $252 billion.
When the median household income in New York State is $81,000, it is incomprehensible that a raise twice that amount to a public official who was already making four times the median household income was approved by you as board members.
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