Don’t let the the UFT fleece taxpayers via teacher-aide bonuses

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council are going to war in court over payments to Department of Education paraprofessionals — even though they agreed on the issue not long ago. At a 2025 press conference where the 200,000-member teachers’ union endorsed him, Mamdani touted his support for giving paraprofessionals $10,000 checks. Last month, the council...