NYC Council Introduction 692

intro.nyc/0692-2026 2026-2029 Legislative Session
Workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal thereof.
Status: Committee Committee on Civil Service and Labor
Sponsored by Carmen N. De La Rosa
Introduced: February 24, 2026

This bill would require the Department of Education to provide annual workforce stabilization payments to eligible school paraprofessionals on August 1 of each year. Each payment would be a non-pensionable, lump sum payment of $10,000, pro-rated by the number of school days on payroll in the relevant school year. The requirement would be repealed upon the execution of a collective bargaining agreement that provides for an increase in the total annual compensation for school paraprofessionals equal to or greater than the amount of the workforce stabilization payments.