
Members of the City Council (photo: William Alatriste)
As New York City Council members voted on a package of legislation that increased their salaries from $112,500 to $148,500, aides to two Council members stood silently in the balcony of the Council chambers, wearing white t-shirts that read, “Paycheck to Paycheck, Pay Raises for All.”
The $36,000 salary bump for Council members is about the same amount of money that many of their staff members make in a year. These are aides filling roles such as
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