Meanwhile, of all state legislatures in the U.S., New York’s pays the most. Adding together the base salary of $142,000 and the total allowed outside income of $35,000 would total $177,000.

A ruling by a state Supreme Court judge in New York upholding a cap on how much lawmakers can make from outside income is leading to warnings of mass resignations and “chaos” in the state legislature.

A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, ...