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New Trooper Contract Widens Pay Gap As PBA Arbitration Looms

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 11/15/18

A recent contract ratification by State Troopers continues their status as the highest-paid Troopers in the nation while also extending the salary gap between them and city cops, whose union has prepared an arbitration case that will argue that the large difference warrants raises that go well beyond the pattern established by the two-largest municipal unions.

Prior to the new contract for those represented by the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association, its members at top salary already received base pay more than $5,500 above what NYPD Police Officers got. The latest deal widens the gap to more than $8,700: $94,025 for Troopers as of next April if they have at least five years on the job, compared to $85,292 for NYPD cops, who must have 5 ½ years of service to qualify for maximum salary.

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