Brooklyn Today: ‘Overworked and underpaid’
THE LEDE: Happy Friday! New York City Council members voted in 2016 to raise their own wages by $36,000 — a bump that is more than dozens of council staffers make in a year. “Some councilmembers cruise on by and are getting paid a lot of money and really exploit their staff,” one Brooklyn aide said.
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