N.Y.C. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is refusing to accept a hefty pay raise as he continues looking for ways to cut back on excessive government spending. In a news conference, he laughed that everyday New Yorkers are not concerned about whether their leader makes enough
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It was a standard inflation raise that applied to a bunch of stuff since the position had the same pay for years.
And rejecting it sets the precedent that he feels he doesn’t deserve a raise.