Committee on Civil Service and Labor meeting
July 16, 2026, 10:00 AM
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The Committee on Civil Service and Labor held a hearing on Int 0692, which would provide workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, with those payments set to expire under a sunset provision.
What was discussed
- Council rallies behind the paraprofessional “Respect Check” (Int 692-A) Committee on Civil Service and Labor Chair Shirley Aldebol called Int 692-A — sponsored by Council Member Carmen N. De La Rosa — “a significant first step” toward fixing the paraprofessional staffing crisis, arguing its non-pensionable workforce-stabilization payments do not intrude on collective
- Council adopts Int 692-A on the coupled General Order calendar The committee's report on Int 692-A was amended and coupled onto the day's General Order calendar, and Majority Leader Shaun Abreu announced that the full Council adopted the coupled items by a vote of 49 to 0.
Agenda
1 item
- Int 0692-2026 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 Approved by Committee