NYC Council OKs $10K raises for school paraprofessionals — sidestepping union contracts

The city’s teaching assistants will get $10,000 pay bumps after a City Council vote Thursday that bypassed the collective bargaining process — and could face a potential veto from Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The unanimous vote by City Council members fulfilled a long-sought goal by the powerful United Federation of Teachers union to raise the pay...