Why is this guy so great???
He is exactly what this country needs right now. We need more progressives to follow in his steps. Maybe one state at a time we can make this place NOT a shithole anymore.
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This guy is a goddamn angel.
"I just haven't knocked on anyone's door in New York City and they've said their concern is that the mayor makes too little," Mamdani said.
Common Mamdani W
So then why did he appoint people who would recommend this?
City Council is all elected, not appointed.
I think the person you're replying to was responding to this bit from the article:
The pay raises were recommended by a commission appointed by Mamdani earlier this year.
Always one of you.
As far as I understand it, this is probably not a pay raise. The news says that it would be the first raise since 2016. If you look at the inflation of USA, you can see that $100 in 2016 are $138 today. So if you raise it by 18%, you have not even covered the inflation.
I looked up their salaries and they seem plenty even by NYC standards. So a pay cut doesn't seem like a big problem to me.
I'm open to hearing why this was needed but so far I haven't seen a good reason for it.
Bro, no common workers raises are meeting inflation rates.
New York City council members are elected, not appointed, unless I'm missing the joke.
This was a recommendation from a commission which as I understand was appointed by Mamdani. Obviously he doesn't have total control over them but it seems he would at least have a lot of influence.