NYC Council pols bashed for trying to sneak in 16% raises for themselves before Mamdani takes office

They got a rise out of their raise.

Good government watchdogs raked City Council members over the coals during a hearing Tuesday for trying to sneak in an 11th-hour raise for themselves.

The self-serving proposed 16% pay bump shamelessly skirts the City Charter’s ban from raising pay while in the lame duck period, argued Grace Rauh, the executive director of the Citizens Union…

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