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The supervisor, who took office last January, previously served as a town councilman.
The media outlet said it had scrutinized the budgets of 26 towns and villages and found that elected officials in more than a third of them had gotten pay raises ranging from $250 to $21,000.
Hoehmann pulls down $170,309 a year, a salary that is nearly $25,000 more than that of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who makes $145,574 a year, lohud.com reported.
Clarkstown’s population is 85,000, while Ramapo’s is 130,064.
Coming in at No. 3 on the list is Howard T. Phillips, supervisor of the town of Haverstraw with a salary of $115,790; No. 4 is Spring Valley mayor Demeza Delhomme, who makes $115,000 a year, the lohud.com story said.
Andy Stewart, the supervisor of Orangetown, is fifth on the list and earns $104,503 annually.
The lohud.com analysis found that 15 communities in Westchester and three in Putnam also doled out pay raises; this trend may be a reaction to years of leaner budgets due to the national economic woes and the state imposed tax cap.
To read the lohud.com story, click here.
To view the database with all Rockland elected officials salaries, click here.
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