The City Council voted unanimously to approve a one-time $10,000 payment to most of the public school paraprofessionals on Thursday, an effort to boost retention and recruitment for the badly-needed – but low-paying – jobs with students.
But Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who could try to stop the bill, said it is in “direct violation” of state labor law.
The bill was sponsored by nearly every member of the Council, and passed 49 to 0, with two members absent.
$244 Million Price Tag
“This is a mandate from the entire city of New York. This is a mandate because we heard the numbers — $32,000 starting salary, in the most expensive city in the world,” Councilmember Carmen de la Rosa, the bill’s lead sponsor, said at a press conference earlier in the day…