But for others, like Assemblyman Michael Benjamin from the Bronx and Assemblyman Michael N. Gianaris from Queens, the State Legislature provides their entire salary.
But then they became alarmed by the sheer size of the project, said Mayor Joan Smith, who like Assemblyman Azzolina is a Republican.
Or from Republicans like Assemblyman Ronald Dancer of Ocean County, who also earns a living as mayor of Plumstead Township and as an employee in the adjuster's office.
Mr. Spitzer, like Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, another conference participant, attacked the authorities as spendthrift agencies and dumping grounds for those hired by patronage.
If she declined to run, the field could be loaded with local politicians, including state lawmakers like Assemblyman Rod Wright, Assemblyman Herb Wesson and Senator Kevin Murray; City Council members like Mr. Ridley-Thomas and Nate Holden; and former state lawmakers like Tom Hayden, Gwen Moore and Diane Wesson, who is the United States ambassador to Micronesia.
Local lawmakers like New York Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Brad Lander also criticized Petraeus' compensation.
If it was anything like the assemblyman's presentation in the media, or reflective of the sarcastic mock hysterics on Fox News, it was filled with sensationalist talk of opportunistic, exhibitionistic heterosexuals, ogled genitals, and lots of communal bathroom functions.
THE "red assemblymen" may sound like a faction in the Russian parliament, but the members of this group are too busy making money to waste their time in politics.
But he said he did not like the requirement for voting machines because "to close that process off would be like asking the senators and assemblymen who come up to Trenton every day to go in a back room and vote on bills, so no one really knows how they stood on the issues".
Yellow-cab drivers may not like Carl E. Heastie, the six-term assemblyman from the Bronx who has helped to lead efforts to expand livery pickups in northern Manhattan and the other boroughs.
