Cuomo's decision came after a Saturday report in the Times reported on the high salaries and perks executives got at the Young Adult Institute. Specifically, the article tells the story of Philip and Joel Levy, who had headed the organization since the 1970s before their sudden retirement at the end of June.
In addition to the close to $1 million in annual salaries they made each year, the Levy brothers had some questionable perks. To name just a few, they were allowed to bill the organization to cover their children's college tuition, and Philip charged the institute $50,400 to pay for his daughter's co-op in Greenwich Village. The article also detailed other high salaries among nonprofits that relied on state Medicaid funding from the Office of People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). These salaries were far and away higher than those paid at similarly sized organizations.
According to the NYT blog post, Nonprofits may lobby against regulations to executive compensation, as they had in similar cases that occurred in Massachusetts. In an era where Americans have a bad taste in their mouths from the bank bailout and stories of corporate greed, any executive compensation that is seen as executive is going to be highly scrutinized. If there is any update on the findings of the task force, we will be sure to post them here. In the mean time, head on over to The New York Times to read the full blog post on this topic.
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