# NYC Council blasts Mamdani in heated legal battle over $10K raises for school workers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nyc-council-blasts-mamdani-in-heated-legal-battle-over-10k-raises-for-school-workers/
- Published: 2026-11-11T23:58:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T00:25:12+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/nyc-council-blasts-mamdani-in-legal-battle-over-10k-raises-for-school-workers/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- City Council seeks dismissal of Mamdani’s lawsuit over aide payments.
- The proposed one-time payments are $10,000 for eligible paraprofessionals.
- The dispute concerns collective bargaining rules and a staffing shortage.

## Summary

New York City Council lawyers have asked a Manhattan judge to dismiss Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s lawsuit challenging one-time $10,000 payments for public school paraprofessionals. The dispute centres on whether the Council’s payments unlawfully bypass collective bargaining rules or are a permissible response to a staffing shortage.

The Council approved the payments in July, estimating they would cost the city $325 million. Mamdani’s administration says they amount to extra compensation outside the union contract; the Council and the United Federation of Teachers say they are lawful and needed to retain staff. About 25,000 aides are eligible, the union says, while schools have nearly 2,000 vacancies; the current contract runs until November 2027.

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