And The Law & Order Residuals Morgenthau’s Office Gets From Dick Wolf Aren’t Even Factored In Those Numbers . . .

Staten Island is neglected in many ways, some more baffling than others:

District Attorney Daniel Donovan said yesterday that a 14 percent budget hike will put his staff’s salaries on par with their counterparts in the four other boroughs.

More important for Staten Islanders, the extra dough will help Donovan retain top-flight prosecutors and hire additional troops.

“We now have near parity across the board with our colleagues,” Donovan said yesterday. “This funding has given us greater ability to hire and retain staff, properly fund our investigations and, ultimately, to win more cases for the people of Staten Island.”

There are 48 prosecutors in his office, excluding himself, said Donovan. Total staff is about 108.

For years, Island prosecutors have labored in the shadow of their colleagues in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens — especially when it came to pay. In many instances, assistant district attorneys here earned $20,000 less than their counterparts, said Donovan.

Since his inauguration in January 2004, Donovan has fought the city for a bigger slice of the budget pie, picking up where his predecessor, William L. Murphy, left off.