Mamdani Suing to Block $10K Checks to Teachers' Aides
The law covers about 26,000 school aides and is expected to cost the city roughly $324 million, officials said.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new law that would provide roughly 25,000 school paraprofessionals with $10,000 payments, arguing that compensation decisions should be handled through collective bargaining.
- The City Council unanimously approved the measure, which took effect Wednesday after Mamdani declined to sign it, with the first $2,500 installment scheduled for January 2027.
- Mamdani’s administration says the legislation could undermine New York’s labor-negotiation system and create a precedent for other public-sector unions to seek compensation directly from the Council rather than through bargaining.
- The United Federation of Teachers and City Council supporters defend the payments as necessary to address low paraprofessional salaries and staffing shortages, while the estimated cost to the city is about $325 million.
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