Int. No. 1493
By Council Members Williams, Riley, Hudson, Won, Marte, Stevens, Abreu, Banks, Hanif, Brooks-Powers, Sanchez, Farías, Nurse, Cabán, Feliz, Lee, Ung, Restler, Zhuang, Gutiérrez, Schulman, Hanks, Avilés, Salaam, De La Rosa, Joseph, Narcisse, Ossé, Powers, Bottcher, Louis and Brannan
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to compensation of the mayor, public advocate, members of the city council, borough presidents, comptroller and district attorneys
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. Election; term; salary. The mayor shall be elected at the general election in the year [nineteen hundred sixty-five] 1965 and every fourth year thereafter. The mayor shall hold office for a term of [four] 4 years commencing on the first day of January after each such election. A mayor who resigns or is removed from office prior to the completion of a full term shall be deemed to have held that office for a full term for purposes of section 1138 [of the charter]. The salary of the mayor shall be [two hundred fifty-eight thousand seven hundred fifty dollars] $300,500 a year.
§ 2. Subdivision a of section 26 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
a. The salary of the public advocate shall be [one hundred eighty-four thousand eight hundred dollars] $215,000 a year.
§ 3. Subdivision b of section 26 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
b. The salary of each council member shall be [one hundred forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars] $172,500 a year, except that the salary of the speaker shall be [one hundred sixty-four thousand five hundred dollars] $191,000 a year. In addition any council member, while serving as a committee chairperson or other officer of the council, may also be paid, in addition to such salary, an allowance fixed by resolution, after a hearing, for the particular and additional services pertaining to the additional duties of such position.
§ 4. Subdivision c of section 81 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. The salary of the borough president shall be [one hundred seventy-nine thousand two hundred dollars] $208,000 a year.
§ 5. Section 91 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
§ 91. Election; term; salary. The comptroller shall be elected by the electors of the city at the same time and for the same terms as in this charter prescribed for the mayor. A comptroller who resigns or is removed from office prior to completion of a full term shall be deemed to have served a full term for purposes of section 1138 [of the charter]. The salary of the comptroller shall be [two hundred nine thousand fifty dollars] $243,000 a year.
§ 6. Section 1125 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1125. Salaries of the district attorneys. Each of the district attorneys of the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond shall receive an annual salary equal to the compensation received by a justice of the supreme court in the county in which such district attorney has been elected and is serving, or [two hundred twelve thousand eight hundred dollars] $247,500 a year, whichever is greater.
§ 7. The mayor shall, prior to December 31, 2026, convene an advisory commission to review the compensation levels of elected officials as required under section 3-601 of the administrative code. The mayor shall provide the commission with a budget, and the commission shall hire or contract for staff as necessary in order to provide a recommendation on compensation levels for the mayor, the public advocate, the comptroller, the borough presidents, the council members, and the district attorneys of the five counties within the city.
§ 8. This local law takes effect 45 days after it becomes law and it shall be retroactive to, and deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after, January 1, 2026.
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