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"Respect Check" passed the Council 49-0. Mamdani campaigned on paying school aides more; City Hall says it still wants them paid but that legislating a raise bypasses union bargaining. The UFT, which wrote the bill, calls that a pretext.
The City Council's "Respect Check" law giving 26,000 school paraprofessionals a one-time $10,000 raise took effect Wednesday after Mayor Mamdani declined to sign or veto it, and City Hall immediately said it would sue [6][84]. Paraprofessionals, who support students with disabilities in the classroom, start around $34,000 a year [6]. The city argues the raise sidesteps collective bargaining and "sets a dangerous precedent"; UFT President Michael Mulgrew says the union crafted the law specifically to survive that argument [6][84].
“I am so sad that the city is choosing to fight us, and fight some of the most underpaid, dedicated workers that they have.”
“I laugh at their arguments... They know it's legal, and they're just trying to buy time at this point.”
“I'm all for getting more money but this does not solve the problem... The paras are pawns in this political game.”
“The City is filing a lawsuit to protect the right of every union to negotiate on behalf of its members... we will work towards a quick resolution that respects workers.”
Gothamist
A driver ran over a 29-year-old e-bike rider and fled. Hours later, a second cyclist died in the Bronx.
Paulina Tec Choc, 29, was struck from behind, thrown to the pavement and run over by a hit-and-run driver while stopped on her e-bike at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street in Brooklyn early Tuesday; she was the 15th cyclist killed in New York City this year [13]. Hours later, a fleeing BMW driver fatally struck 51-year-old Angelo Camera as he crossed Bruckner Boulevard on an e-bike in the Bronx, then plowed into several parked cars [13][22]. More than 3,000 people have been killed by traffic violence citywide since the city launched Vision Zero in 2014 [13].
“Drivers killed two New Yorkers just for daring to bike to or from work. We refuse to look the other way while our neighbors, friends, and family members are killed on dangerous streets.”
“I'm devastated to hear that another family is experiencing the very worst day of their lives.”
GothamistFive days after a man stormed Shabbat services, Jewish leaders told Mamdani his statements aren't enough.
Members of the Jewish community and interfaith allies rallied in Midtown five days after 46-year-old Larry Montes stormed Central Synagogue's Shabbat service, ranted at worshippers and assaulted a woman before security subdued him [10]. Federal prosecutors have charged Montes, who called the attack "religiously motivated," with hate crimes carrying up to 40 years [10]. The NYPD has logged 360 hate crimes citywide since Aug. 1, with 205 targeting Jewish New Yorkers, and antisemitic incidents made up 56% of all hate crimes in the year's first seven months, up 8.5% [10].
“Mr. Mamdani, J'accuse! When will you understand that your viral videos have put a target on the face, on the sides, of every synagogue and every house of worship.”
“We know that in this city there is no room for antisemitism of this kind. We are going to root out antisemitism from across the five boroughs.”
“Use your power. Speak the right words. Don't speak words that encourage others to walk into a synagogue and to attack us.”
A North American river otter turned up on a motion-activated camera along the Bronx River last month, the first sighting there since the early 1900s, after a century of pollution had wiped the species out of the borough [94][99]. Beavers came back to the same stretch of river in 2007; scientists say otters are usually the last animal to return once a waterway heals, since they need clean water and abundant fish to survive [94][104]. "This isn't simply the story of one animal," said Bronx Zoo interim director Craig Piper. "It's the story of an urban river coming back to life" [99].