LI pol nets almost $50K aspect wage — for six.5 days of labor a month: ‘Nonetheless not sufficient’
An area Lengthy Island pol simply bought her wage hiked to almost $50,000 for a procedural aspect gig that requires her to work a measly six and a half days a month — and he or she says the dough nonetheless isn’t sufficient.
Dorothy Goosby obtained the $10,000 annual pay bump as deputy supervisor of the City of Hempstead, climbing her pay for that publish to $48,000 a 12 months — which means that when mixed together with her $82,000 wage as a member of its city council, she rakes in almost $130,000 in taxpayer cash for each positions.
The job of deputy supervisor includes one obligation — briefly changing the supervisor in the event that they’re absent, based on Hempstead city code.
Goosby has solely executed so as soon as — and for not even an hour. She crammed in on the time in August when then-Supervisor Don Clavin abruptly resigned.
By definition, the job includes working six and a half days a month, with every workday capped at six hours, based on the city’s personal statements made to the state comptroller throughout a Might 2022 assembly.
City Supervisor John Ferretti informed The Publish that whereas Tuesday’s elevate might sound uncommon, the bump displays the 30 years of service that the hard-working Goosby has given to the neighborhood and that she was entitled to it.
Goosby herself claimed later that she had no concept how massive the bump could be — regardless that she was at Tuesday’s assembly when it was voted on — and even added that it’s nonetheless not sufficient, based on Newsday.
“All I do know is — they informed me I bought one,” stated Goosby, who stayed out of voting for her personal elevate.
“I’ve been right here 30 years, nearly, so I have to have one thing, generally it’s nonetheless not sufficient,” stated the councilwoman, the one Dem on the all-Republican board.
Ferretti had eliminated Goosby’s proposed pay bump from the 2026 funds in October, based on a video recording of the assembly — however with the election over, the bump was quietly reintroduced.
A few of Goosby’s constituents accused the Dem and her Republican board colleagues of utilizing the pay bump as a part of a back-door deal.
“[The raise is] so she helps the entire administration’s insurance policies,” stated Hempstead resident Felix Proacci.
Ferretti denied any back-door dealings and known as Goosby a civil-rights icon and trailblazer who’s greater than deserving of the wage she receives for each positions.
Goosby, who persistently votes alongside Republican social gathering traces and was the one Democrat current at Nassau County Government Bruce Blakeman’s swearing-in Monday, didn’t reply to a Publish request for remark.
