A Local Law in relation to workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal of such local law upon the expiration thereof
Enacted on Jul 29, 2026Signed into law by the Mayor.
✦ Plain-Language Summary
This bill would give school paraprofessionals (teacher's aides and classroom assistants) in NYC public schools an extra $10,000 payment each August to help keep them in their jobs. The payment would be adjusted based on how many days they actually worked during the school year, and it wouldn't count toward their pension benefits. This extra money would stop once the paraprofessionals' union negotiates a new contract that increases their regular pay by at least the same amount.
Details
- Introduced
- Feb 24, 2026
- Body
- Committee on Civil Service and Labor
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Sponsors (50)
Official Description
This bill would require the Department of Education to provide a workforce stabilization payment, totaling up to $10,000, to each eligible school paraprofessional for work performed during the 2026-2027 school year. Workforce stabilization payments would be prorated according to the number of days an eligible school paraprofessional was on payroll in the relevant payment period during the 2026-2027 school year. Such workforce stabilization payments would be paid to eligible school paraprofessionals in four separate installments based on the work performed during each payment period, listed below: