Paterson Staffers Get Raises

New York Governor David Paterson is coming under fire for giving raises of as much as 46 percent to more than a dozen staffers at a time when he has asked 130,000 state workers to give up 3 percent pay hikes because of the state's fiscal crisis.

The governor has also imposed a hiring freeze.

Paterson's spokesperson says promotions in the governor's office were never prohibited under the hiring freeze, and the increase in pay is not raises for old positions, rather new salaries for new positions.