Powerful UFT snags teacher pay bumps of up to $9.5K in compromise deal to delay NYC class size law

Source: New York Post

The powerful teachers’ union delivered a master class in wheeling and dealing — winning pay bumps of up to $9,500 as part of a deal delaying New York’s class size mandate. Under a compromise, the United Federation of Teachers agreed to amend the state law, giving Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his Department of Education two additional years to lower class sizes in city public schools. But there’s a catch: the city must shell out for “differential pay” — as much as an additional $8,500 in the upcoming school year and up to $9,500 the following year for teachers in schools being exempt from the mandate.