Create Commission to Review Elected Officials' Salaries
Enacted on Jun 16, 2026Signed into law by the Mayor.
Signed into Law
Local Law 2026/081
✦ Plain-Language Summary
This law creates a commission that will review and recommend salary changes for NYC elected officials like the Mayor, Council Members, and Borough Presidents every four years starting in 2026. The commission will have 75 days to make recommendations, which the Mayor and City Council can then approve, reject, or modify. This ensures regular review of how much taxpayers pay elected officials.
Details
- Introduced
- Jan 29, 2026
- Passed Council
- Apr 9, 2026
- Enacted
- Apr 9, 2026
- Body
- Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Enacted
Sponsors (18)
Official Description
This bill would require the Mayor, in 2026, to convene a quadrennial commission to review the compensation levels of the Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, Council Members, and District Attorneys in New York City. The bill would also require a commission to be convened between January 1 and 15 of 2030 and every four years afterward. Each quadrennial commission would have seventy-five days from the day it is convened to make recommendations on new compensation levels for the City’s elected officials. Commissions would send their recommendations to both the Mayor and Council. The Mayor would, in the Mayor’s discretion, be able to send the Council approval, disapproval, or modifications to the commission’s recommendations. The Council would, in its discretion, review the recommendations and alter the compensation levels of the City’s elected officials.