NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani received overwhelming support for his election from the city’s largest teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT).
Mamdani thanked them by filing a lawsuit to stop a pay raise for education paraprofessionals.
In July, the New York City Council passed the “RESPECT Check Act,” giving public-school paraprofessionals, like teacher aides, a one-time $10,000 “workforce stabilization” payment.
The Act was passed by the Council unanimously and became law without the mayor’s signature.
Although Mamdani supported a version of the bill in the past, now that he is comfortable in the Mayor’s seat, he has changed his mind.
He argued that the Act violates New York State’s Taylor Law and ultimately filed a lawsuit against the city.
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