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Legislature recesses proposed nonprofit pay-and-disclosure law after marathon public hearing
Summary
After a nearly three-hour public hearing in which nonprofit leaders, health professionals and community members warned that caps and donor-disclosure rules would harm services and fundraising, the Suffolk County Legislature voted to recess the proposed law limiting nonprofit executive pay and requiring donor lists.
A Suffolk County Legislature public hearing on a proposed law to cap nonprofit executive pay and require disclosure of donors drew a packed horseshoe of nonprofit leaders, medical professionals, veterans and other residents on Sept. 4, prompting the Legislature to recess the measure.
The bill, IR 1687, would have barred the County from contracting with nonprofit agencies that pay any employee more than the governor’s salary and would have required disclosure of private funding sources for contract agencies. Backers said the measure aimed to increase transparency and ensure taxpayer funds principally fund direct services. Opponents called it arbitrary and harmful.
"Taxpayer dollars should be spent responsibly," said Neil Falkenhan, who identified himself as a Long Island insurance-industry executive, but added the governor’s…
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