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An Officer is a policeman. And yes Nassau / Suffolk cops make well over 100k without OT. It might take them 9 and 12 years to reach top pay but look up their contracts.
An officer has brass. Captain, Lieutenant ,ect......
My father retired in 1990 as a regular policeman, non officer, and was making 23 and change an hour. Its hard to believe they are now making 60 an hour.
An officer has brass. Captain, Lieutenant ,ect......
My father retired in 1990 as a regular policeman, non officer, and was making 23 and change an hour. Its hard to believe they are now making 60 an hour.
Inflation alone would make $23 in 1990 turn into around $45 today. It’s not a huge stretch.
Inflation alone would make $23 in 1990 turn into around $45 today. It’s not a huge stretch.
That IS huge! When I lived on the Island I worked at LGA and made 21 an hour with the airlines. 1993. Today they make 24-25 an hour. So to get all those cost of living raises is a big deal! Your saying cops almost tripled their salaries since the 90's?
That IS huge! When I lived on the Island I worked at LGA and made 21 an hour with the airlines. 1993. Today they make 24-25 an hour. So to get all those cost of living raises is a big deal! Your saying cops almost tripled their salaries since the 90's?
Obviously the unions negotiated well for the public servants.
Private sector, not as well obviously in some cases.
That IS huge! When I lived on the Island I worked at LGA and made 21 an hour with the airlines. 1993. Today they make 24-25 an hour. So to get all those cost of living raises is a big deal! Your saying cops almost tripled their salaries since the 90's?
This is an illustration of the of the 'Land Rich & Cash Poor' concept as it emerges on LI. Local property taxes provide most of the funding for public schools here ( is a common model elsewhere also ). So if you owned a home in the 90s & made $21/hour back then ... 30 years later you're making $25/hour & meanwhile the value of your home has increased %% & that's how the property taxes are calculated (based on property value).
Salaries for middle class stagnate while property values double & triple is not a good recipe.
I've seen so many times here people complaining about the "high" salaries of teachers and policemen.
I want to say that my wife is a teacher.
Recently we hired a contractor to do work in our house.
We'd have never been able to do it if it wasn't for the stability of my wife's salary.
That contractor wouldn't have gotten business from middle class families like us if it wasn't for that.
That's just an example. Same goes to a roof replacement, plumbers, electricians, and other local businesses.
Long Island, being a giant commuter town, would be dead if it wasn't for such distribution of wealth.
The way I see it is it seems like healthy economics and maybe we Long Islanders, should be happy that the money stays here with a large group and not with a few pockets.
Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by manekeniko
Maybe thousands of other LI homeowners not on the gravy train would be able to fix up their homes, but currently can't afford it, because of their onerous property tax burden.
Perhaps more private sector companies would be willing to employ LI'ers without a municipal bribe, if only property taxes were lower.
Just my .2 cents.
Your .2 cents worth more than the OP’s .2 cents!
Your .2 cents worth more than the OP’s .2 cents!
So we should increase salaries of public servants because of the upside to the economy, that makes no sense.
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