Proposed State Law Would Give East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo $43k Raise

The only thing that stands between East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr. and a $43,000 taxpayer-funded raise is a signature from Gov. Dannel Malloy.

The state legislature has forwarded a bill - Senate Bill 704 - to Malloy's desk that would allow retired municipal employees to start working for a town again while still collecting their full municipal pensions. The bill would mean Maturo, who has been receiving a disability pension since 1991 after he hurt his back as a firefighter, would make another $43,000 a year, according to the New Haven Register.

Maturo makes $75,000 a year as mayor of East Haven. He stopped collecting his $43,000-a-year pension in 2011, when he was first elected mayor, and has been fighting to get it reinstated ever since, according to the newspaper.