{"id":52308,"date":"2025-11-26T00:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52308\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T00:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:07:10","slug":"nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-could-get-16-pay-hike-under-new-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52308\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani could get 16% pay hike under new proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Zohran Mamdani and other top New York City<\/a> officials could see their salaries jump under a proposed 16% pay hike that council members are hoping to push through soon, according to reports.<\/p>\n

A bill introduced by Councilwoman Nantasha Williams, D-Queens, would raise members\u2019 salaries from $148,500 to $172,500, the New York Post<\/a> reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

If passed, the pay hike would also apply to the new mayor, public advocate, comptroller and borough presidents.<\/p>\n

It would put Mamdani\u2019s pay at nearly $300,000, up from the current $258,000, the outlet said.<\/p>\n

NYC MAYOR-ELECT MAMDANI ASKS SUPPORTERS FOR $4M TO FUND TRANSITION, VOWS NO WEALTHY DONORS<\/a><\/p>\n

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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference at St. James Park Sept.10 in the Bronx. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Other top officials, such as the comptroller, public advocate, and borough presidents, would see comparable increases.<\/p>\n

The legislation<\/a> would be introduced this week with a hearing by year\u2019s end, allowing the next City Council to vote in January for a swifter approval. Council members last received a raise in 2016.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, it was Mamdani who built out a platform centered on affordability for working-class New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

FOX NEWS’ MARTHA MACCALLUM TO INTERVIEW NEW YORK MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI<\/a><\/p>\n

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After democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City\u2019s mayoral race, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte\u2019s campaign sent a van through Manhattan urging businesses to relocate north for “no Communism, less red tape and lower taxes.” (Angela Weiss \/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Ugandan-born 34-year-old pledged free buses<\/a>, rent freezes on rent-stabilized apartments, universal childcare and city-run grocery stores during his campaign for New York City mayor.<\/p>\n

He also campaigned on a gradual increase of the minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has said these proposals would be funded primarily by raising taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations.<\/p>\n

As a state assembly member in 2022, Mamdani also voted for a pay raise for state legislators.<\/p>\n

MAMDANI LAUGHS OFF CRITICISM THAT HIS TAX HIKE PROPOSALS WILL COMPEL NEW YORKERS TO FLEE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Zohran Mamdani closed out his anti-Trump tour in Queens. Mamdani rents an apartment in Astoria.\u00a0 (Deirdre Heavey\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n

The latest NYC pay hike plans were originally headed for Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 desk, but that schedule was shelved, according to the Post.<\/p>\n

“If we have a hearing on the bill this year, we don\u2019t need a hearing on it next year. It\u2019s pre-considered,” Williams told The Post.<\/p>\n

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When the outlet asked her if the council would pass the pay hike bill in January, Williams responded, “That\u2019s the goal.”<\/p>\n

A source also said that the pay hike legislation puts Mamdani in a predicament. He could veto the bill or approve a law “making New York more affordable for the political class,” the source said.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to Zohran Mamdani for comment.<\/p>\n

Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Zohran Mamdani and other top New York City officials could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,56,63,65,64,87,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-52308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-ny","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-headlines","13":"tag-nyc-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}