Raia Wants $179K Salary Cap For All State Employees

, R,I,C, is calling for the salaries of all state-government employees to be capped.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo supports a salary limit per school superintendent based on enrollment numbers, with the highest amount being $175,000.

Currently, 223, or 33 percent of school district superintendents earn more than $175,000.

Half Hollow Hills Superintendent Sheldon Karnilow, who earned $305,325 for the 2009-2010 school year, had the fifth highest salary of any superintendent on Long Island, passed only by the superintendents from Syosset, Levittown, Bay Shore and Rockville Centre, according to an article in Newsday.

While 33 percent of school superintendents make over $179,000 annually, they aren’t the only problem in New York, he said.

Raia announced Monday that he wants to extend the cap to all those employed by New York State.

“Employees of the MTA and other bloated state agencies routinely make well over $179,000, which is the yearly salary for the governor,” Raia said.

“I find it hard to believe that any government employee can argue that they have a tougher job than the governor of the state of New York," he added.