Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council are going to war in court over payments to Department of Education paraprofessionals — even though they agreed on the issue not long ago.
At a 2025 press conference where the 200,000-member teachers’ union endorsed him, Mamdani touted his support for giving paraprofessionals $10,000 checks.
Last month, the council unanimously passed the union-driven and branded “Respect for Paraprofessionals” bill, at an expected cost of $325 million…