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NEW YORK (AP) - Some state employees reaped thousands of dollars worth of "bonuses" for their work after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, a state official testified Monday.
Robert Ryan, who headed a state agency after being Gov. George Pataki's campaign manager, said at an Assembly committee hearing that he increased his six-figure salary and the pay of all 14 of his employees with bonuses.
The extra compensation, in cash or extra days off, wasn't approved by the agency as required. Ryan said he got approval from his chief financial officer to compensate staff working at the World Trade Center site after he saw an employee crying over the traumatic assignment.
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