Posted on 07/16/2026 3:32:08 PM PDT by Libloather
They raised a stink.
City Council members overwhelmingly voted Thursday to give themselves an 18% raise — a shamelessly self-serving move that comes after months of thwarted attempts to pass a fat pay hike.
A veto-proof 42-6 vote approved the measure to inflate council salaries to $175,500, as well as hike Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pay to $305,800 a year, backdated to January — the start of new terms in office and the first day on the job for some lawmakers.
The nay votes all came from Republicans and conservative Democrats, including Councilman Phil Wong (D-Queens), who said he pushed for savings in the city’s forever-bloated budget.
“In my district, there are so, so many constituents that are living paycheck to paycheck and having problems making ends meet,” he said.
“So, I cannot vote onto a bill to increase salaries for myself.”
The raises come not only after lawmakers approved a record-breaking $126 billion city budget, but also a bid to sneakily pass a smaller 16% hike as 2025 closed.
The end-of-year pay ploy ultimately failed, leading the effort’s champion Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-Queens) to try again — this time with the support of a three-person “Quadrennial Commission.”
The commission released a 127-page study in June recommending a 18.2% raise to restore the “lost purchasing power” in elected officials’ supposedly skimpy salaries because of inflation and cost of living increases.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
LOL! Yeah, but your Nationalist Socialist mayor said he was going to make NY affordable.
I guess this just shows how full of sh!t they know he is.
Schooled by the Uni Party Communist Playbook in District of Columbia.
The United States is going full blown Soviet now, military and all.
A corresponding 18% tax hike for all NYC council members and mayor would stop that nonsense
The pay goes up a percentage so does the taxes...
No silly
All the dead ones get to vote too
:)
Touchè. 👏 👏 👏
“In my district, there are so, so many constituents that are living paycheck to paycheck and having problems making ends meet,” he said.
Well THEY count the vote so STFU and STFD.
The Virginia legislature would like a word (300% raise)
Pfffft. What was that, like yesterday? Keep up with the times...
Fury as California pols raked in 500% pay raises
https://nypost.com/2026/07/17/us-news/fury-as-california-pols-raked-in-500-pay-raises/
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